Pillow before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed text chunk in a PNG image that has a large size when it is decompressed.
CVE-2014-9601
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 91.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 16, 2015
Last Modified
May 6, 2026
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html
- cve@mitrehttp://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060
- cve@mitrehttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release/
Patch Availability(4)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python3-sane (2.3.0-1ubuntu3.2) @ trusty | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python-imaging (1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.04.3) @ precise | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python3-pil (3.3.1-1ubuntu0.1) @ yakkety | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python3-sane (2.3.0-1ubuntu3.3) @ trusty | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pillow | 1.0 ... 2.6.2 (32 versions) | 2.7.0 | — |
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