CVE-2014-1932
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-0041)
- Published
- April 17, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-0041 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- python / pillow
- pythonware / python imaging library
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00002.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/11/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65511
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2168-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737059
- https://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow/commit/4e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7(Exploit, Patch)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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