CVE-2014-1932

Description

The (1) load_djpeg function in JpegImagePlugin.py, (2) Ghostscript function in EpsImagePlugin.py, (3) load function in IptcImagePlugin.py, and (4) _copy function in Image.py in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 do not properly create temporary files, which allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

How to fix CVE-2014-1932

To remediate CVE-2014-1932, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 2.4.0-1 or later
• —upgrade to 2.3.1 or later
• —upgrade to 4e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7 or later

Is CVE-2014-1932 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (3)

• from 0, < 2.4.0-1
• from 0, < 2.3.1
• from 0, < 4e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7 | from 0, < 2.3.1

CVSS scores

References (13)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-x895-2wrm-hvp7
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1932
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1932
• PATCHgithub.com/python-pillow/Pillow
• WEB