CVE-2014-1932

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-04-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

python-pillow Pillow: through 2.3.0
Pythonware Python Imaging Library: through 1.1.7

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
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52
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

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