Improper Input Validation Affecting pillow package, versions [,2.7.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.59% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PILLOW-2371739
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed16 Jan 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Jan 2015

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

How to fix?

Upgrade pillow to version 2.7.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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

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