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title: "CVE-2014-9601\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-9601

Publication date 16 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Pillow before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
via a compressed text chunk in a PNG image that has a large size when it is
decompressed.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pillow | 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| python-imaging | 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.04.3 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9601?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| pillow | * Upstream:   [b3e0912](https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/b3e09122e527ae554eb590741bbd7611d5710e40) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9601)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9601)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9601)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9601)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-3090-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3090-1)
+ Pillow vulnerabilities
+ 27 September 2016

+ [USN-3229-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3229-1)
+ Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities
+ 13 March 2017

+ [USN-3230-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3230-1)
+ Pillow vulnerabilities
+ 13 March 2017

+ [USN-3090-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-3090-2)
+ Pillow regresssion
+ 30 September 2016

### Other references

* <https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release/>
* <https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/1060>
* <http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9601>