CVE-2014-1932

medium
Published 2014-04-17 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
4.4
VIR risk
4.4

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1932

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow/commit/4e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.4.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.4.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.4.0-1
debian debiansidfixed2.4.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.4.0-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIpillow<2.3.12.3.1
python PyPIpillow<4e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7||<2.3.14e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
pythonpillow{"endIncluding":"2.3.0"}
pythonwarepython_imaging_library{"endIncluding":"1.1.7"}

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.