CVE-2019-16865

Public on 2019-10-04
Modified on 2020-04-23
Description
A flaw was discovered in the way the python-pillow may allocate a large amount of memory or require a long time while processing specially crafted image files, possibly causing a denial of service. Applications that use the library to process untrusted files may be vulnerable to this flaw.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python-pillow 2020-04-20 ALAS2-2020-1412 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H