CVE-2020-10571
CRITICALCVE-2020-10571 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) CWE-754 vulnerability in psd-tools. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2020-10571 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Potential buffer overflow in psd-tools
Blast Radius
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Description
An issue was discovered in psd-tools before 1.9.4. The Cython implementation of RLE decoding did not check for malicious data.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | psd-tools | ≥ 1.8.37&&< 1.9.4 | 1.9.4 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for psd-tools. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update psd-tools to 1.9.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-10571 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2020-10571 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2020-10571. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-10571 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2020-10571 across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.