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ALPINE-CVE-2021-27922

ALPINE-CVE-2021-27922 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

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 an ICNS container, and thus an attempted memory allocation can be very large.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.15py3-pillow0, 7.1.1-r0, 8.1.0-r0
Alpine:v3.14py3-pillow0, 7.1.1-r0, 7.1.2-r0

Timeline

  • Mar 3, 2021 CVE Published
  • Nov 19, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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