{"id":"USN-6618-1","summary":"pillow vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain long text\narguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow to\nconsume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-44271)\n\nDuarte Santos discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled the environment\nparameter to PIL.ImageMath.eval. An attacker could possibly use this issue\nto execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-50447)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:43:29Z","published":"2024-01-30T15:17:54Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2023-44271","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50447"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-44271","CVE-2023-50447","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-44271","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50447"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6618-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-44271"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-50447"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"pillow","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@7.0.0-4ubuntu0.8?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.0.0-4ubuntu0.8"}]}],"versions":["6.1.0-1","6.1.0-1build1","6.2.1-2","7.0.0-4","7.0.0-4build1","7.0.0-4ubuntu0.1","7.0.0-4ubuntu0.2","7.0.0-4ubuntu0.3","7.0.0-4ubuntu0.4","7.0.0-4ubuntu0.5","7.0.0-4ubuntu0.6","7.0.0-4ubuntu0.7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"python3-pil","binary_version":"7.0.0-4ubuntu0.8"},{"binary_name":"python3-pil.imagetk","binary_version":"7.0.0-4ubuntu0.8"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2023-44271"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2023-50447"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6618-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"pillow","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/pillow@9.0.1-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.0.1-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["8.1.2+dfsg-0.3","9.0.0-1","9.0.1-1","9.0.1-1build1","9.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"python3-pil","binary_version":"9.0.1-1ubuntu0.2"},{"binary_name":"python3-pil.imagetk","binary_version":"9.0.1-1ubuntu0.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2023-44271"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2023-50447"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6618-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}