CVE-2014-3589
Pillow denial of service via Crafted Block Size
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.0
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
- Record
CVE-2014-3589- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
- Record
CVE-2014-3589- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-0040 No score
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
- Record
EUVD-2014-0040- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cfmr-38g9-f2h7
8.7
Pillow denial of service via Crafted Block Size
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
- Record
GHSA-cfmr-38g9-f2h7- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-cfmr-38g9-f2h7
8.7
Pillow denial of service via Crafted Block Size
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
- Record
GHSA-cfmr-38g9-f2h7- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
- Record
CVE-2014-3589- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-3589 No score
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3589- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2014-0343 No score
Updated python-imaging & python-pillow packages fix CVE-2014-3589
Updated python-imaging and python-pillow packages fix security vulnerabilities:
The Python Imaging Library is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in the IcnsImagePlugin (CVE-2014-3589).
- Record
MGASA-2014-0343- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10511-1 No score
python3-Pillow-3.4.2-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the python3-Pillow-3.4.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10511-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10567-1 No score
python-Pillow-3.1.1-4.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the python-Pillow-3.1.1-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10567-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11209-1 No score
python36-Pillow-8.3.2-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the python36-Pillow-8.3.2-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11209-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13827-1 No score
python310-Pillow-10.3.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the python310-Pillow-10.3.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13827-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:11261-1 No score
python313-Pillow-12.3.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the python313-Pillow-12.3.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:11261-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2014-10 No score
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
- Record
PYSEC-2014-10- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0777-1 No score
Security update for python-Pillow
python-pillow has been updated to 2.7.0 to fix three security issues.
The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:
* CVE-2014-9601: Remote attackers could have caused a denial of service
via a compressed text chunk in a PNG image that has a large size when
it is decompressed.
* CVE-2014-3598: Remote attackers could have caused a denial of service
using specially crafted image files via Jpeg2KImagePlugin.
* CVE-2014-3589: Remote attackers could have caused a denial of service
using specially crafted image files via IcnsImagePlugin.
* CVE-2014-1932: A local user could have overwritten arbitrary files
and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the
temporary file.
* CVE-2014-1933: A local user could have gained information helpful for
symlink attacks by listing process information which uses the names
of temporary files on the command line.
Security Issues:
* CVE-2014-9601
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9601>
* CVE-2014-3598
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3598>
* CVE-2014-3589
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3589>
* CVE-2014-1932
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1932>
* CVE-2014-1933
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1933>
- Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0777-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:1102-1 No score
Security update for SES 1.0
This collective update for SUSE Enterprise Storage 1.0 provides fixes and enhancements.
ceph (update to version 0.80.9):
- Support non-ASCII characters. (bnc#907510)
- Fixes issue with more than one OSD / MON on same node. (bnc#927862)
- Reinstates Environment=CLUSTER=ceph lines removed by last patch. (bnc#915567)
- Use same systemd service files for all cluster names. (bnc#915567)
- In OSDMonitor fallback to json-pretty in case of invalid formatter. (bnc#919313)
- Increase max files to 131072 for ceph-osd daemon. (bnc#924894)
- Fix 'OSDs shutdown during rados benchmark tests'. (bnc#924269)
- Add SuSEfirewall2 service files for Ceph MON, OSD and MDS. (bnc#919091)
- Added support for multiple cluster names with systemd to ceph-disk. (bnc#915567)
- Move udev rules for rbd devices to the client package ceph-common.
- Several issues reported upstream have been fixed: #9973 #9918 #9907 #9877 #9854 #9587 #9479 #9478 #9254 #5595 #10978 #10965 #10907 #10553 #10471 #10421 #10307 #10299 #10271 #10271 #10270 #10262 #10103 #10095.
ceph-deploy:
- Drop support for multiple customer names on the same hardware. (bsc#915567)
- Check for errors when generating rgw keys. (bsc#915783)
- Do not import new repository keys automatically when installing packages with Zypper. (bsc#919965)
- Improved detection of disk vs. OSD block devices with a simple set of tests. (bsc#889053)
- Do not create keyring files as world-readable. (bsc#920926, CVE-2015-3010)
- Added support for multiple cluster names with systemd to ceph-disk. (bnc#915567)
calamari-clients:
- Reduce krakenFailThreshold to 5 minutes. (bsc#903007)
python-Pillow (update to version 2.7.0):
- Fix issues in Jpeg2KImagePlugin and IcnsImagePlugin which could have allowed denial of service attacks. (CVE-2014-3598, CVE-2014-3589)
python-djangorestframework:
- Escape URLs when replacing format= query parameter, as used in dropdown on GET button in browsable API to allow explicit selection of JSON vs HTML output. (bsc#929914)
- Escape request path when it is include as part of the login and logout links in the browsable API. (bsc#929886)
For a comprehensive list of changes please refer to each package's change log.
- Record
SUSE-SU-2015:1102-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-3589 No score
PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3589- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3090-1 No score
Pillow vulnerabilities
It was discovered that a flaw in processing a compressed text chunk in a PNG image could cause the image to have a large size when decompressed, potentially leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9601)
Andrew Drake discovered that Pillow incorrectly validated input. A remote attacker could use this to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3589)
Eric Soroos discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed FLI, Tiff, and PhotoCD files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-0740, CVE-2016-0775, CVE-2016-2533)
- Record
USN-3090-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pillowPyPI |
before 2.3.2 | 2.3.2 |
pillowPyPI |
2.5 up to 2.5.2 | 2.5.2 |
pillowDebian:12 |
before 2.5.3-1 | 2.5.3-1 |
pillowDebian:13 |
before 2.5.3-1 | 2.5.3-1 |
pillowDebian:14 |
before 2.5.3-1 | 2.5.3-1 |
python-imagingDebian:6.0 |
before 1.1.7-2+deb6u1, plus listed versions 1.1.7-2 |
1.1.7-2+deb6u1 |
python-imagingDebian:7 |
before 1.1.7-4+deb7u1, plus listed versions 1.1.7-4 |
1.1.7-4+deb7u1 |
pillowPyPI |
before 2.3.2, plus listed versions 1.01.11.21.31.4 Show 18 moreShow less1.51.61.7.01.7.11.7.21.7.31.7.41.7.51.7.61.7.71.7.82.0.02.1.02.2.02.2.12.2.22.3.02.3.1 |
2.3.2 |
pillowPyPI |
2.5 up to 2.5.2, plus listed versions 2.5.02.5.1 |
2.5.2 |
python-imagingMageia:3 |
before 1.1.7-7.2.mga3 | 1.1.7-7.2.mga3 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
python-pillowMageia:4 |
before 2.2.1-0.5.mga4 | 2.2.1-0.5.mga4 |
pillowPyPI |
before 2.3.2, 2.5 up to 2.5.2, plus listed versions 1.01.11.21.31.4 Show 20 moreShow less1.51.61.7.01.7.11.7.21.7.31.7.41.7.51.7.61.7.71.7.82.0.02.1.02.2.02.2.12.2.22.3.02.3.12.5.02.5.1 |
2.3.22.5.2 |
calamari-clientsSUSE:Enterprise Storage 1.0 |
before 1.2.2+git.1428648634.40dfe5b-3.1 | 1.2.2+git.1428648634.40dfe5b-3.1 |
cephSUSE:Enterprise Storage 1.0 |
before 0.80.9-5.1 | 0.80.9-5.1 |
ceph-deploySUSE:Enterprise Storage 1.0 |
before 1.5.19+git.1431355031.6178cf3-9.1 | 1.5.19+git.1431355031.6178cf3-9.1 |
python-PillowSUSE:Enterprise Storage 1.0 |
before 2.7.0-4.1 | 2.7.0-4.1 |
python-djangorestframeworkSUSE:Enterprise Storage 1.0 |
before 2.3.12-4.2 | 2.3.12-4.2 |
pillowUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.2, plus listed versions 2.2.1-1ubuntu22.2.1-2ubuntu12.2.1-3ubuntu22.2.1-3ubuntu32.2.1-3ubuntu4 Show 4 moreShow less2.2.1-3ubuntu62.3.0-1ubuntu12.3.0-1ubuntu22.3.0-1ubuntu3 |
2.3.0-1ubuntu3.2 |
python-PillowopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 3.4.2-1.1 | 3.4.2-1.1 |
python-PillowopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 3.1.1-4.1 | 3.1.1-4.1 |
python-PillowopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 8.3.2-1.2 | 8.3.2-1.2 |
python-PillowopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 10.3.0-1.1 | 10.3.0-1.1 |
python-PillowopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 12.3.0-1.1 | 12.3.0-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-3589 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Python Pillow, published August 21, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.36%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in pillow 2.3.2.
References
pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/2.5.2
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html
pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/2.3.2
github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/205e056f8f9b06ed7b925cf8aa0874bc4aaf8a7d
debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3009
secunia.com/advisories/59825
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3589
github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/5efeed77666bfd17708f3434b1d2daa9db1e1335
github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/d47611e6fbb808ea109366781dd76559ffb80bcd
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2014-10.yaml
github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfmr-38g9-f2h7
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3589
github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0343.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13916
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150777-1
bugzilla.suse.com/921566
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1932
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1933
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3589
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3598
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9601
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20151102-1
bugzilla.suse.com/889053
bugzilla.suse.com/903007
bugzilla.suse.com/907510
bugzilla.suse.com/915567
bugzilla.suse.com/915783
bugzilla.suse.com/919091
bugzilla.suse.com/919313
bugzilla.suse.com/919965
bugzilla.suse.com/920926
bugzilla.suse.com/924269
bugzilla.suse.com/924894
bugzilla.suse.com/927862
bugzilla.suse.com/929553
bugzilla.suse.com/929886
bugzilla.suse.com/929914
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3010
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3589
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3080-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3589
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3090-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9601
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0740
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0775
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2533
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0740
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0775
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3076
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15999
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35653
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35654
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35655
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23437
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25289
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25290
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25291
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25292
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-25293
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27921
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-34552
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28219
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-44271
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50447
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42311
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4775
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54059
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-55379