VDB-178628 · CVE-2021-34552 · Nessus 236661

Pillow/Python Imaging Library Convert.c buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Pillow and Python Imaging Library. Affected is an unknown function of the file Convert.c. Such manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-34552. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pillow and Python Imaging Library (Software Library) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file Convert.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 07/14/2021. The advisory is shared for download at pillow.readthedocs.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-34552. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 236661 (Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0012: python-pillow (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0012)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (236661) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2022-1835). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

Amazon Linux 2
Ubuntu Linux
SUSE Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Open Source Python

Productinfo

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Software Library

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License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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