CVE-2016-9190

Summary

CVECVE-2016-9190
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-11-04 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-01 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionPillow before 3.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the "crafted image file" approach, related to an "Insecure Sign Extension" issue affecting the ImagingNew in Storage.c component.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-284

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Python Pillow All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Python Pillow Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3710-1 pillow DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Fixes for #2105 by wiredfool · Pull Request #2146 · python-pillow/Pillow · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities · Issue #2105 · python-pillow/Pillow · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
3.3.2 — Pillow (PIL Fork) 3.4.2 documentation CONFIRM pillow.readthedocs.io Vendor Advisory
Pillow: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201612-52) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 355393 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python-pillow : ALAS2-2023-2083
  • 355572 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python-imaging : ALAS-2023-1787
  • 980829 Python (pip) Security Update for Pillow (GHSA-w4vg-rf63-f3j3)
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