PYSEC-2015-16

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    PYSEC-2015-16

    Published: 16 Jan 2015Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060, https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release/, http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5rf-vgqx-wjv2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pillow

    Purl: pkg:pypi/pillow

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.0

    Affected versions

    1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High