FKIE_CVE-2021-27923
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-03-03 09:15 - Updated: 2025-08-15 05:15
Severity ?
Summary
Pillow before 8.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) because the reported size of a contained image is not properly checked for an ICO container, and thus an attempted memory allocation can be very large.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| python | pillow | * | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 32 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 33 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 34 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
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.
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- 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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