CVE-2014-3598

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-3598  

The Jpeg2KImagePlugin plugin in Pillow before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The Jpeg2KImagePlugin plugin in Pillow before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image.

Find out more about CVE-2014-3598 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of python-imaging as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, and the versions of python-pillow as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, as they did not include the affected Jpeg2KImagePlugin module.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 python-pillow Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 python-imaging Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 python-imaging Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Andrew Drake of Dropbox for reporting this issue.