CVE-2016-9189

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-9189  

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.

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.

Find out more about CVE-2016-9189 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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/.

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

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 6.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 python-pillow Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 python-imaging Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 python-imaging Will not fix

Acknowledgements

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