Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting pillow package, versions [,3.3.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.88% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PILLOW-2371727
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Nov 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-9189  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pillow to version 3.3.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Pillow before 3.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by using the "crafted image file" approach, related to an "Integer Overflow" issue affecting the Image.core.map_buffer in map.c component.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1