CVE-2023-44271 (High) detected in Pillow-9.1.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl

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CVE-2023-44271 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - Pillow-9.1.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl

Python Imaging Library (Fork)

Library home page: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0c/6a/f0021d1959d2778289476d60470aba964fb08dda587ec53929272e5ed3dc/Pillow-9.1.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl

Dependency Hierarchy:

• darts-0.13.1-py3-none-any.whl (Root Library)
  • prophet-1.0.1.tar.gz
    • matplotlib-3.5.1-cp39-cp39-manylinux_2_5_x86_64.manylinux1_x86_64.whl
      • ❌ Pillow-9.1.0-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 10.0.0. It is a Denial of Service that uncontrollably allocates memory to process a given task, potentially causing a service to crash by having it run out of memory. This occurs for truetype in ImageFont when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument.

Publish Date: 2023-11-03

URL: CVE-2023-44271

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2023-11-03

Fix Resolution: Pillow - 10.0.0

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