Improper Input Validation Affecting pillow package, versions <2.6.1-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.16% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PILLOW-320882
  • published16 Jan 2015
  • disclosed16 Jan 2015

Introduced: 16 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-9601  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable pillow to version 2.6.1-2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Pillow before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed text chunk in a PNG image that has a large size when it is decompressed.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1