1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6744-1

USN-6744-1: Pillow vulnerability

Publication date

22 April 2024

Overview

Pillow could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • pillow - Python Imaging Library

Details

Hugo van Kemenade discovered that Pillow was not properly performing
bounds checks when processing an ICC file, which could lead to a buffer
overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted ICC file, an attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Hugo van Kemenade discovered that Pillow was not properly performing
bounds checks when processing an ICC file, which could lead to a buffer
overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted ICC file, an attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.10 mantic python3-pil –  10.0.0-1ubuntu0.2
22.04 jammy python3-pil –  9.0.1-1ubuntu0.3
20.04 focal python3-pil –  7.0.0-4ubuntu0.9
18.04 bionic python-pil –  5.1.0-1ubuntu0.8+esm1  
python3-pil –  5.1.0-1ubuntu0.8+esm1  
16.04 xenial python-pil –  3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6+esm2  
python3-pil –  3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6+esm2  
14.04 trusty python-pil –  2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm4  
python3-pil –  2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm4  

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