9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2021-34552
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Pillow/PIL Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Pillow through 8.2.0 and PIL (aka Python Imaging Library) through 1.1.7 allow an attacker to pass controlled parameters directly into a convert function to trigger a buffer overflow in Convert.c.

INFO

Published Date :

July 13, 2021, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-34552 has a 1 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-2021-34552 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 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Python pillow

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).

Holds Discord Bot Backup

Python HTML Dockerfile Procfile

Updated: 2 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.

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

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-34552 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-34552 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7V6LCG525ARIX6LX5QRYNAWVDD2MD2SV/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUGBBT63VL7G4JNOEIPDJIOC34ZFBKNJ/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7V6LCG525ARIX6LX5QRYNAWVDD2MD2SV/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUGBBT63VL7G4JNOEIPDJIOC34ZFBKNJ/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 31, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00018.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00018.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7V6LCG525ARIX6LX5QRYNAWVDD2MD2SV/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7V6LCG525ARIX6LX5QRYNAWVDD2MD2SV/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUGBBT63VL7G4JNOEIPDJIOC34ZFBKNJ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUGBBT63VL7G4JNOEIPDJIOC34ZFBKNJ/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7V6LCG525ARIX6LX5QRYNAWVDD2MD2SV/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VUGBBT63VL7G4JNOEIPDJIOC34ZFBKNJ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00018.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.3.0.html#buffer-overflow No Types Assigned https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.3.0.html#buffer-overflow Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/index.html No Types Assigned https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/index.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0 up to (including) 1.1.7 *cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.2 up to (including) 8.2.0
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-2021-34552 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

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

0.67 }} 0.20%

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0.80085

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