CVE-2014-9601

python-pillow: potential denial-of-service during PNG decompression

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 31, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Pillow before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed text chunk in a PNG image that has a large size when it is decompressed.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling