CVE-2021-27921
moderate-risk
Published 2021-03-03
Pillow before 8.1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) because the reported size of a contained image is not properly checked for a BLP container, and thus an attempted memory allocation can be very large.
Do I need to act?
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0.42% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Vendors
References (10)
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-33
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
10/34 · Low