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CVE-2012-3443: djangoproject django Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-59w8-4wm2-4xw8PYSEC-2012-3DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3443
Published 31-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3443 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 2.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2529-1

Timeline

  1. 31-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The django.forms.ImageField class in the form system in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 completely decompresses image data during image validation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by uploading an image file.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.66% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • python-django< 1.4.1-1
Djangoproject1 product
  • djangoEOL≤ 1.3 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 1.0 | 1.0:alpha1 | 1.0:alpha2 | 1.0:beta | 1.0:beta2 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.1 | 1.1:alpha1 | 1.1:beta1 | 1.1:rc1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2:beta1 | 1.2:rc1 | 1.2-alpha1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.3:alpha1 | 1.3:beta1 | 1.4
PyPI1 product
  • django< 1.3.2 | ≥ 1.4, < 1.4.1

3 vendors · 3 products

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