CVE-2019-19911

Publication date 5 January 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

There is a DoS vulnerability in Pillow before 6.2.2 caused by FpxImagePlugin.py calling the range function on an unvalidated 32-bit integer if the number of bands is large. On Windows running 32-bit Python, this results in an OverflowError or MemoryError due to the 2 GB limit. However, on Linux running 64-bit Python this results in the process being terminated by the OOM killer.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pillow 19.10 eoan
Fixed 6.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
pillow

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4272-1
    • Pillow vulnerabilities
    • 6 February 2020

Other references