PyPi: Pillow

CVE-2021-28678

Safety vulnerability ID: 40596

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

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Created at Jun 02, 2021 Updated at Nov 29, 2024
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Advisory

Pillow version 8.2.0 includes a fix for CVE-2021-28678: For BLP data, BlpImagePlugin did not properly check that reads (after jumping to file offsets) returned data. This could lead to a DoS where the decoder could be run a large number of times on empty data.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL/
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html#cve-2021-28678-fix-blp-dos

Affected package

pillow

Latest version: 11.0.0

Python Imaging Library (Fork)

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. For BLP data, BlpImagePlugin did not properly check that reads (after jumping to file offsets) returned data. This could lead to a DoS where the decoder could be run a large number of times on empty data. See CVE-2021-28678.


FEDORA:FEDORA-2021-77756994ba: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MQHA5HAIBOYI3R6HDWCLAGFTIQP767FL/
MISC:https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/5377
MISC:https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html#cve-2021-28678-fix-blp-dos: https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.2.0.html#cve-2021-28678-fix-blp-dos

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 5.5

CVSS v3 Details

MEDIUM 5.5
Attack Vector (AV)
LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
NONE
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 4.3
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
NONE
Availability Impact (A)
PARTIAL