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High USN-3090-2 1 CVE

Pillow regression

Published Sep 30, 2016 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS pillow 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5

    Pillow denial of service via PNG bomb

    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.

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9601
  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1628351