CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-25292

MEDIUMEPSS 73th pctl
6.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.1.1. The PDF parser allows a regular expression DoS (ReDoS) attack via a crafted PDF file because of a catastrophic backtracking regex.

How to fix

Remediation Available
pillowDebian
Fixed in:8.1.1-1CVE-2021-25292
Fixed in:8.1.1-1CVE-2021-25292
Fixed in:8.1.1-1CVE-2021-25292
Fixed in:8.1.1-1CVE-2021-25292
pillowUbuntu
Fixed in:3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6USN-4763-1
Fixed in:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.5USN-4763-1
Fixed in:7.0.0-4ubuntu0.3USN-4763-1
python-pilUbuntu
Fixed in:3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6USN-4763-1
Fixed in:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.5USN-4763-1
python3-pilUbuntu
Fixed in:3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6USN-4763-1
Fixed in:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.5USN-4763-1
Fixed in:7.0.0-4ubuntu0.3USN-4763-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.64%probability of exploitation in 30 days
73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Third-Party Advisory1
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.