🛡️ CVE-2014-1932 — pillow

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

PIL and Pillow Vulnerable to Symlink Attack on Tmpfiles

The (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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2014-1932 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2014-1932 is recorded against 1 package.

  • pillow (fixed in 2.3.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 9 October 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
bugs.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
security.gentoo.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
lists.opensuse.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)
www.ubuntu.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-10-09
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
pillow — 2.3.1

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