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Critical USN-5227-2 5 CVEs

pillow vulnerabilities

Published Jan 17, 2022 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

USN-5227-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to hang, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2021-23437)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. This issue ony affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-34552)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22815)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2022-22816)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22817)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS pillow 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm3
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS pillow 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6+esm1

Vulnerabilities 5

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23437
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-34552
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22815
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22816
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22817