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CVE-2014-1933

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1933 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier, and Pillow before 2.3.1. The vulnerability arises because the JpegImagePlugin.py and EpsImagePlugin.py scripts expose temporary file names on the command line, allowing local users to potentially manipulate these files. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), this is a low-severity vulnerability with local access required, low attack complexity, no authentication, and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pythonware:python_imaging_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: PillowFixed in: 2.3.1
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: python-imaging
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python-imaging
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python-pillow

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-r854-96gq-rfg3medium

Pillow Temporary file name leakage

May 18, 2020
redhatCVE-2014-1933Low

python-imaging: temporary file name exposure in process list

Jan 29, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00002.html
github.com / python-imaging/Pillow/commit/4e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7
ExploitPatch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201612-52
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/15
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/02/11/1
securityfocus.com / bid/65513
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2168-1