Integer overflow in Pillow - CVE-2020-5310
Published: January 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23910
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5310
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Alex Clark and Contributors
Affected software:
Pillow
Pillow
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to TIFF decoding integer overflow in "libImaging/TiffDecode.c". A remote attacker can trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-5310
Install updates from vendor's website.