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ubuntu-cve-2021-23437

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2021-09-03 16:15

Modified

2025-09-08 16:46

Summary

Details

The package pillow 5.2.0 and before 8.3.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the getrgb function.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23437	REPORT
	https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PILLOW-1319443	REPORT
	https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releaseno…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5227-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5227-2	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23437	REPORT

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CVE-2021-23437 (GCVE-0-2021-23437)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-03 16:10 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:47

Title

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Summary

The package pillow 5.2.0 and before 8.3.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the getrgb function.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Assigner

snyk

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PILLOW-1319443
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releaseno…
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/9e…
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10	vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024…	mailing-list

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Pillow	Affected: 0 , < unspecified (custom) Affected: unspecified , < 8.3.2 (custom)

Date Public

2021-09-03 00:00

Credits

Liyuan Chen

Show details on NVD website

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usn-5227-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-01-13 13:26

Modified

2026-04-27 14:11

Summary

pillow vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-23437)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue ony affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-34552)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22815)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-22816)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22817)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5227-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23437	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-34552	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22815	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22816	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22817	REPORT

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  "aliases": [],
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  "id": "USN-5227-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:27Z",
  "published": "2022-01-13T13:26:09Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5227-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23437"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-34552"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22815"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22816"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22817"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "pillow vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23437",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-34552",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22815",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22816",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22817"
  ]
}

usn-5227-2

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-01-17 13:14

Modified

2026-06-29 10:52

Summary

pillow vulnerabilities

Details

USN-5227-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue ony affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-34552)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22815)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-22816)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22817)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5227-2	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23437	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-34552	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22815	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22816	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22817	REPORT

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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22817"
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}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2021-23437

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2021-23437 (GCVE-0-2021-23437)

usn-5227-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

usn-5227-2

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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