vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-44271: python-pillow: uncontrolled resource consumption when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Nov 3, 2023 | Jan 29, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 3, 2023
Added
Jan 29, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in Pillow before 10.0.0. It is a Denial of Service that uncontrollably allocates memory to process a given task, potentially causing a service to crash by having it run out of memory. This occurs for truetype in ImageFont when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-python-pillowredhat-upgrade-python-pillow-debuginforedhat-upgrade-python-pillow-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-python-pillow-develredhat-upgrade-python-pillow-docredhat-upgrade-python-pillow-qtredhat-upgrade-python-pillow-saneredhat-upgrade-python-pillow-tkredhat-upgrade-python3-pillowredhat-upgrade-python3-pillow-debuginforedhat-upgrade-python3-pillow-develredhat-upgrade-python3-pillow-docredhat-upgrade-python3-pillow-tkredhat-upgrade-python3-pillow-tk-debuginfo
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