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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Pillow up to 3.1.0. Affected by this issue is the function ImagingResampleHorizontal of the file libImaging/Resample.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in the ImagingResampleHorizontal function in libImaging/Resample.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via negative values of the new size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

The weakness was disclosed 04/13/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4009 since 04/13/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/24/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96227 (GLSA-201612-52 : Pillow: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 3.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 10 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (96227).

Productinfo

Name

• Pillow

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 96227
Nessus Name: GLSA-201612-52 : Pillow: Multiple vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Pillow 3.1.1
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

04/13/2016 🔍
04/13/2016 +0 days 🔍
04/13/2016 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2016 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2016 +0 days 🔍
12/30/2016 +260 days 🔍
01/02/2017 +3 days 🔍
07/24/2022 +2028 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 4e0d9b0b9740d258ade40cce248c93777362ac1e⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-4009 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 86064 - Python Pillow CVE-2016-4009 Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2016 10:02
Updated: 07/24/2022 14:24
Changes: 04/14/2016 10:02 (45), 10/07/2018 08:37 (26), 07/24/2022 14:22 (4), 07/24/2022 14:24 (1)
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