SB2022112230 - Denial of service in Pillow
Published: November 22, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022112230
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45198)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when handing highly compressed GIF data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted GIF file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.