High severity · published Mar 19, 2021
CVE-2021-25291
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.1.1
7.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.1.1. In TiffDecode.c, there is an out-of-bounds read in TiffreadRGBATile via invalid tile boundaries.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
Pillow · Python
before 8.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25291
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25291
Release Notes
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.1.1.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33
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