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BIT-pillow-2026-59205 — Pillow: Controlled heap out-of-bounds write in `ImageCmsTransform.apply()` via output mode mismatch

2026-10-04T17:14:32.805787+00:00

Affected: Bitnami: pillow

Pillow is a Python imaging library. Prior to 12.3.0, Pillow's ImageCms.ImageCmsTransform.apply(im, imOut) API can trigger controlled native heap corruption when the caller supplies an output image whose mode does not match the transform's declared output mode. This issue is fixed in version 12.3.0.

CVE-2026-59205 — Pillow: Controlled heap out-of-bounds write in `ImageCmsTransform.apply()` via output mode mismatch

2026-10-04T17:14:32.805883+00:00

Affected: python-pillow Pillow

GHSA-9hw9-ch79-4vh6 — Pillow: Controlled heap out-of-bounds write in Pillow `ImageCmsTransform.apply()` via output mode mismatch

2026-10-04T17:14:32.805938+00:00

Affected: PyPI: pillow

### Summary

Pillow's public `ImageCms.ImageCmsTransform.apply(im, imOut)` API can trigger controlled native heap corruption when the caller supplies an output image whose mode does not match the transform's declared output mode.

For example, a transform built as `RGBA -> RGBA` can be applied to an `L` output image. Pillow checks dimensions only, then calls LittleCMS with the output row pointer. LittleCMS writes RGBA-sized rows into a 1-byte-per-pixel `L` image row.

### Details

`src/PIL/ImageCms.py:ImageCmsTransform.apply()` accepts an optional caller supplied `imOut`:

```python def apply(self, im, imOut=None): if imOut is None: imOut = Image.new(self.output_mode, im.size, None) self.transform.apply(im.getim(), imOut.getim()) imOut.info["icc_profile"] = self.output_profile.tobytes() return imOut ```

If `imOut` is provided, Pillow does not check:

```text im.mode == self.input_mode imOut.mode == self.output_mode ```

The C wrapper in `src/_imagingcms.c` unwraps both image cores and only checks that the output dimensions are at least as large as the input dimensions:

```c static int pyCMSdoTransform(Imaging im, Imaging imOut, cmsHTRANSFORM hTransform) { if (im->xsize > imOut->xsize || im->ysize > imOut->ysize) { return -1; }

for (i = 0; i < im->ysize; i++) { cmsDoTransform(hTransform, im->image[i], imOut->image[i], im->xsize); }

pyCMScopyAux(hTransform, imOut, im); return 0; } ```

`findLCMStype()` maps `R…

PYSEC-2026-3453

2026-10-04T17:14:32.806050+00:00

Affected: PyPI: pillow