CVE-2014-1932

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.50% (42nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The (1) load_djpeg function in JpegImagePlugin.py, (2) Ghostscript function in EpsImagePlugin.py, (3) load function in IptcImagePlugin.py, and (4) _copy function in Image.py in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 do not properly create temporary files, which allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.7

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.7–7.7

v2.04.4mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 6.4

v2.03.7lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-59US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
python pillow≤ 2.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:python:pillow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pythonware python imaging library≤ 1.1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pythonware:python_imaging_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI pillow< 2.3.1osvUSpkg:pypi/pillow

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-x895-2wrm-hvp7PIL and Pillow Vulnerable to Symlink Attack on Tmpfiles2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The (1) `load_djpeg` function in `JpegImagePlugin.py`, (2) `Ghostscript` function in `EpsImagePlugin.py`, (3) `load` function in `IptcImagePlugin.py`, and (4) `_copy` function in `Image.py` in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 do not properly create temporary files, which allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the temporary file.
PYSEC-2014-222014-04-17vendor · osvUS
The (1) load_djpeg function in JpegImagePlugin.py, (2) Ghostscript function in EpsImagePlugin.py, (3) load function in IptcImagePlugin.py, and (4) _copy function in Image.py in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 do not properly create temporary files, which allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-04-17modified 2026-06-17

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references (19)

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