CVE-2012-3444: djangoproject django

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3444 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 1.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

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

Description

The get_image_dimensions function in the image-handling functionality in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 uses a constant chunk size in all attempts to determine dimensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process or thread consumption) via a large TIFF image.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.