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CVE-2014-3589

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3589 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py affecting Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow versions prior to 2.3.2 and 2.5.2. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this by providing a crafted block size. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring low attack complexity and resulting in a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:python-imaging:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0333 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 23,690 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pillowFixed in: 2.3.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pillowFixed in: 2.5.2
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-cfmr-38g9-f2h7high

Pillow denial of service via Crafted Block Size

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-3589Moderate

python-imaging: DoS in IcnsImagePlugin

Aug 13, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html
secunia.com / advisories/59825
github.com / python-pillow/Pillow/commit/205e056f8f9b06ed7b925cf8aa0874bc4aaf8a7d
Patch
pypi.python.org / pypi/Pillow/2.3.2
Patch
pypi.python.org / pypi/Pillow/2.5.2
Patch
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3009