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(CVE-2014-9601)\n\nAndrew Drake discovered that Pillow incorrectly validated input. A remote\nattacker could use this to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial\nof service. (CVE-2014-3589)\n\nEric Soroos discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed\nFLI, Tiff, and PhotoCD files. A remote attacker could use this issue to\ncause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-0740, CVE-2016-0775, CVE-2016-2533)\n\n","status":"published","published":"2016-09-27T19:55:34Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:02Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:10.303275Z"},{"id":"USN-3090-2","title":"Pillow regression","description":"USN-3090-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Pillow. The patch to fix CVE-2014-9601\ncaused a regression which resulted in failures when processing certain\npng images. This update temporarily reverts the security fix for CVE-2014-9601\npending further investigation.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\nIt was discovered that a flaw in processing a compressed text chunk in\na PNG image could cause the image to have a large size when decompressed,\npotentially leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9601)\n\nAndrew Drake discovered that Pillow incorrectly validated input. A remote\nattacker could use this to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial\nof service. (CVE-2014-3589)\n\nEric Soroos discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed\nFLI, Tiff, and PhotoCD files. A remote attacker could use this issue to\ncause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n(CVE-2016-0740, CVE-2016-0775, CVE-2016-2533)\n \n","status":"published","published":"2016-09-30T16:44:22Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:02Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:10.303275Z"},{"id":"USN-3230-1","title":"pillow vulnerabilities","description":"It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain compressed text\nchunks in PNG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to\ncause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9601)\n\nCris Neckar discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed\nimages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.\n(CVE-2016-9189)\n\nCris Neckar discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed\nimages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2016-9190)\n","status":"published","published":"2017-03-13T17:04:12Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:06Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:10.303275Z"}]}}