CVE-2014-1932 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-1932

The (1) load_djpeg function in JpegImagePlugin.py, (2) Ghostscript function in...

Vulnerability Description

The (1) load_djpeg function in JpegImagePlugin.py, (2) Ghostscript function in EpsImagePlugin.py, (3) load function in IptcImagePlugin.py, and (4) _copy function in Image.py in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 do not properly create temporary files, which allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

pillow, python imaging library
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 17th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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