Exposed dangerous method or function in Pillow - CVE-2022-22817

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Exposed dangerous method or function in Pillow - CVE-2022-22817

Published: January 25, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60003
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-22817
CWE-ID: CWE-749
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pillow
Software vendor:
Alex Clark and Contributors

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of PIL.ImageMath.eval() function on arbitrary expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted file to the library and execute arbitrary code on the system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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