CVE-2021-25292
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 19, 2021 at 03:30 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPillow
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.1.1.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1333
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