CVE-2023-44271
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CVE-2023-44271 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in Pillow before 10.0.0. It is a Denial of Service that uncontrollably allocates memory to process a given task, potentially causing a service to crash by having it run out of memory. EPSS estimates a 1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 10.0.0. It is a Denial of Service that uncontrollably allocates memory to process a given task, potentially causing a service to crash by having it run out of memory. This occurs for truetype in ImageFont when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Python | Pillow | < 10.0.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 38 |
References
- https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/CVE-2023-44271/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N2JOEDUJDQLCUII2LQYZYSM7RJL2I3P4/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/CVE-2023-44271/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N2JOEDUJDQLCUII2LQYZYSM7RJL2I3P4/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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