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CVE-2016-9189

Description

A memory disclosure vulnerability was found in python-pillow. Functions in map.c failed to check for image overflow and check that an offset parameter was within bounds, allowing a crafted image to cause a crash or disclosure of memory.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score6.55.5N/A
Attack VectorNetworkLocalN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredNoneNoneN/A
User InteractionNoneRequiredN/A
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityLowHighN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactLowNoneN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

NVD: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Pillow project for reporting this issue.

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