CVE-2021-27922 – pillow

Package

Manager: pip
Name: pillow
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <8.1.2

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00351 pctl0.56831

Details

Pillow Uncontrolled Resource Consumption 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 ICNS container, and thus an attempted memory allocation can be very large.

Metadata

Created: 2021-03-18T19:55:21Z
Modified: 2025-08-15T13:58:05Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/03/GHSA-3wvg-mj6g-m9cv/GHSA-3wvg-mj6g-m9cv.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-20", "CWE-400"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-3wvg-mj6g-m9cv
Finding: F067
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