usn-3230-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-03-13 17:04
Modified
2026-02-10 04:41
Summary
pillow vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain compressed text chunks in PNG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9601)

Cris Neckar discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-9189)

Cris Neckar discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9190)

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        "3.1.1-1",
        "3.1.2-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain compressed text\nchunks in PNG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9601)\n\nCris Neckar discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed\nimages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.\n(CVE-2016-9189)\n\nCris Neckar discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed\nimages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2016-9190)\n",
  "id": "USN-3230-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:06Z",
  "published": "2017-03-13T17:04:12Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3230-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9601"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9189"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9190"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "pillow vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9601",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9189",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9190"
  ]
}



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