CVE-2014-3589

medium
Published 2014-08-25 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
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-2014-3589

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/2.5.2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/2.3.2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/205e056f8f9b06ed7b925cf8aa0874bc4aaf8a7d

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse13.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2.5.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.5.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.5.3-1
debian debiansidfixed2.5.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.5.3-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIpillow<2.3.22.3.2
python PyPIpillow>=2.5,<2.5.22.5.2
python PyPIpillow<205e056f8f9b06ed7b925cf8aa0874bc4aaf8a7d||>=2.5,<2.5.2205e056f8f9b06ed7b925cf8aa0874bc4aaf8a7d

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
debianpython-imaging-
pythonpillow{"endIncluding":"2.3.1"}
pythonpillow2.3.0
pythonpillow2.5.0
pythonpillow2.5.1
pythonpillow2.5.2

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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