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CVE-2014-3007

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3007 describes a critical vulnerability in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier, and Pillow 2.3, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This is due to the improper handling of shell metacharacters, potentially within JpegImagePlugin.py. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100 indicates a substantial threat.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1160 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pillowFixed in: 2.5.0
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-8m9x-pxwq-j236critical

Pillow command injection

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-3007Moderate

python-imaging: command injection issue

Jan 29, 2014

References

people.canonical.com / ~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-1932.html
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi