Ubuntu notice USN-8999-1 fixes multiple Pillow image library vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu notice USN-8999-1 covers nine Pillow vulnerabilities, mostly denial of service caused by malformed McIdas AREA, font, GD, PDF, EPS and JPEG2000 files, and decompression bomb checks that were missing or incomplete. CVE-2026-54058 could also expose sensitive information, while CVE-2026-59197 and CVE-2026-59205 could possibly lead to crashes or arbitrary code execution. The notice says CVE-2026-59203 only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
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What to do
- Apply the Pillow updates in Ubuntu security notice USN-8999-1.
- Check whether systems or applications process untrusted images, fonts, EPS or PDF files with Pillow, as these are the affected formats.
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