CVE-2021-34552 (Critical) detected in Pillow-6.2.2-cp27-cp27mu-manylinux1_x86_64.whl

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CVE-2021-34552 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - Pillow-6.2.2-cp27-cp27mu-manylinux1_x86_64.whl

Python Imaging Library (Fork)

Library home page: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/12/ad/61f8dfba88c4e56196bf6d056cdbba64dc9c5dfdfbc97d02e6472feed913/Pillow-6.2.2-cp27-cp27mu-manylinux1_x86_64.whl

Path to dependency file: /requirements.txt

Path to vulnerable library: /requirements.txt,/example/requirements.txt

Dependency Hierarchy:

• sense_hat-2.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (Root Library)
  • ❌ Pillow-6.2.2-cp27-cp27mu-manylinux1_x86_64.whl (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Pillow through 8.2.0 and PIL (aka Python Imaging Library) through 1.1.7 allow an attacker to pass controlled parameters directly into a convert function to trigger a buffer overflow in Convert.c.

Publish Date: 2021-07-13

URL: CVE-2021-34552

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.3.0.html#buffer-overflow

Release Date: 2021-07-13

Fix Resolution (pillow): 8.3.0

Direct dependency fix Resolution (sense-hat): 2.3.1

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