Resource Exhaustion Affecting py3-pillow package, versions <8.1.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-PY3PILLOW-1928405
  • published2 Aug 2021
  • disclosed3 Mar 2021

Introduced: 3 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-27923  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 py3-pillow to version 8.1.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream py3-pillow package and not the py3-pillow package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

Pillow before 8.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) because the reported size of a contained image is not properly checked for an ICO container, and thus an attempted memory allocation can be very large.

CVSS Scores

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