#VU52193 Buffer overflow in Pillow

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#VU52193 Buffer overflow in Pillow

Published: April 13, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU52193
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 perform denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing TTF fonts in ImageFont.py. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file to the application, trigger memory corruption and crash the application.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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