python-pillow: potential denial-of-service during PNG decompression
Published Jan 16, 2015
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 4.57%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
python-imaging
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
python-imaging
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
python-pillow
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | python-imaging | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | python-imaging | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-pillow | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.57% (0.04573) | 91.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.43% (0.05426) | 91.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.03% (0.01027) | 75.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.18% (0.02184) | 73.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.03% (0.01027) | 75.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.59% (0.01593) | 87.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 1.80% (0.01802) | 88.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 1.79% (0.01790) | 88.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.79% (0.01790) | 86.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9601 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179354 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5rf-vgqx-wjv2 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2015-16.yaml
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9601
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227221255/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9601
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
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