QID 995838

Date Published: 2023-11-06

QID 995838: Python (Pip) Security Update for pillow (GHSA-8ghj-p4vj-mr35)

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 10.0.0. It is a Denial of Service that uncontrollably allocates memory to process a given task, potentially causing a service to crash by having it run out of memory. This occurs for truetype in ImageFont when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.6 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Github security advisory GHSA-8ghj-p4vj-mr35 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 995838

    CVE-2023-44271 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-8ghj-p4vj-mr35 pillow URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-8ghj-p4vj-mr35
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