CVE-2023-50447
Publication date 19 January 2024
Last updated 19 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
Pillow through 10.1.0 allows PIL.ImageMath.eval Arbitrary Code Execution via the environment parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-22817 (which was about the expression parameter).
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | 
|---|---|---|
| pillow | 25.10 questing | 
                                Fixed 10.2.0-1 
                                
                               | 
| 25.04 plucky | 
                                Fixed 10.2.0-1 
                                
                               | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | 
                                Fixed 10.2.0-1 
                                
                               | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                                Fixed 9.0.1-1ubuntu0.2 
                                
                               | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                                Fixed 7.0.0-4ubuntu0.8 
                                
                               | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | 
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               | |
| pillow-python2 | 25.10 questing | Not in release | 
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                                Needs evaluation 
                                
                               | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | 
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value | 
|---|---|
| Base score |  | 
| Attack vector | Network | 
| Attack complexity | High | 
| Privileges required | None | 
| User interaction | None | 
| Scope | Unchanged | 
| Confidentiality | High | 
| Integrity impact | High | 
| Availability impact | High | 
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | 
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-6618-1
- Pillow vulnerabilities
- 30 January 2024
Other references
- https://duartecsantos.github.io/2023-01-02-CVE-2023-50447/
- https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/10.2.0.html#imagemath-eval-restricted-environment-keys
- https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/CVE-2023-50447/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/20/1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50447