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Vulnerability details: VCID-ws85-dt3x-8fgt
Vulnerability ID VCID-ws85-dt3x-8fgt
Aliases CVE-2014-9601
GHSA-h5rf-vgqx-wjv2
PYSEC-2015-16
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html
generic_textual HIGH http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html
generic_textual HIGH http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html
generic_textual HIGH http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
epss 0.01079 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5rf-vgqx-wjv2
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2015-16.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2015-16.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9601
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9601
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20200227221255/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
generic_textual HIGH https://web.archive.org/web/20200227221255/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release
generic_textual HIGH https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html
http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-9601.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9601
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9601
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2015-16.yaml
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9601
https://web.archive.org/web/20200227221255/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release/
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
1179354 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179354
776303 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776303
GHSA-h5rf-vgqx-wjv2 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h5rf-vgqx-wjv2
USN-3090-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3090-1/
USN-3090-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3090-2/
USN-3229-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3229-1/
USN-3230-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3230-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2015-16.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9601
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20200227221255/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.76896
EPSS Score 0.01079
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:05:33.277955+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2015-16.yaml 37.0.0