CVE-2014-1932

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1932
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-17 14:55:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) load_djpeg function in JpegImagePlugin.py, (2) Ghostscript function in EpsImagePlugin.py, (3) load function in IptcImagePlugin.py, and (4) _copy function in Image.py in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 do not properly create temporary files, which allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Pillow All All All All
Application Pythonware Python Imaging Library All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2168-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
#737059 - python-pil: CVE-2014-1932 CVE-2014-1933 - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Removed tempfile.mktemp, fixes CVE-2014-1932 CVE-2014-1933, debian bu… · python-pillow/Pillow@4e9f367 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE requests: Pacemaker, Python Imaging Library, eyeD3, 9base, rc, Gamera, RPLY - insecure use of /tmp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Python Imaging Library Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0591-1: python-imaging: Fix for temporary file race con af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Pillow: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201612-52) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 356406 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python-pillow : ALAS2-2023-2286
  • 994910 Python (Pip) Security Update for pillow (GHSA-x895-2wrm-hvp7)

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