CVE-2014-9601

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.08% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory readthedocs.org Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release/ third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html third party advisory
http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758 vdb entry
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9601?
CVE-2014-9601 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9601?
To fix CVE-2014-9601, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9601 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9601 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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