Description

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.1.1. The PDF parser allows a regular expression DoS (ReDoS) attack via a crafted PDF file because of a catastrophic backtracking regex.

INFO

Published Date :

March 19, 2021, 4:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:54 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-25292 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-25292 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Python pillow
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-25292.

URL Resource
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.1.1.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33 Third Party Advisory
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.1.1.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
70 stars 17 fork 17 watcher
Born at : June 22, 2022, 6:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 701 different CVEs too.

None

Python JavaScript C#

Updated: 2 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2022, 1:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

List of RegEx DoS (ReDoS) CVEs and resources

security awesome redos regex dos regex-dos pentesting awesome-list regex-security

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
24 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : June 10, 2021, 1:57 a.m. This repo has been linked 76 different CVEs too.

Holds Discord Bot Backup

Python HTML Dockerfile Procfile

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 19, 2021, 1:08 a.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

Find regular expressions which are vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

Python JavaScript C#

Updated: 3 weeks ago
793 stars 52 fork 52 watcher
Born at : Nov. 24, 2020, 7:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 11 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-25292 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-25292 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.1.1.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE NVD-CWE-Other CWE-1333
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.1.1.html No Types Assigned https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.1.1.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.1.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-25292 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-25292 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} -0.02%

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0.40575

percentile

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