USN-3090-2 (UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9601)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-09-30 16:44 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:41 – Source website
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Summary
Pillow regression
Details

USN-3090-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Pillow. The patch to fix CVE-2014-9601 caused a regression which resulted in failures when processing certain png images. This update temporarily reverts the security fix for CVE-2014-9601 pending further investigation.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that a flaw in processing a compressed text chunk in a PNG image could cause the image to have a large size when decompressed, potentially leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9601)

Andrew Drake discovered that Pillow incorrectly validated input. A remote attacker could use this to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3589)

Eric Soroos discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed FLI, Tiff, and PhotoCD files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-0740, CVE-2016-0775, CVE-2016-2533)

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  "details": "USN-3090-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Pillow. The patch to fix CVE-2014-9601\ncaused a regression which resulted in failures when processing certain\npng images. This update temporarily reverts the security fix for CVE-2014-9601\npending further investigation.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\nIt was discovered that a flaw in processing a compressed text chunk in\na PNG image could cause the image to have a large size when decompressed,\npotentially leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9601)\n\nAndrew Drake discovered that Pillow incorrectly validated input. A remote\nattacker could use this to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial\nof service. (CVE-2014-3589)\n\nEric Soroos discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed\nFLI, Tiff, and PhotoCD files. A remote attacker could use this issue to\ncause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-0740, CVE-2016-0775, CVE-2016-2533)\n \n",
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  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:02Z",
  "published": "2016-09-30T16:44:22Z",
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