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CVE-2014-9601

Pillow before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed text chunk in a PNG image that

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.01034
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

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python pillow<= 2.6.2
oracle solarisall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
opensuseall versions
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Affected Packages

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Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI pillow HIGH fixed in 2.7.0
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD16 Jan 2015 · 04:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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usnUSN-3230-1
usnUSN-3229-1
usnUSN-3090-2
usnUSN-3090-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0777-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060Vendor Advisory
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