7.5

CVE-2019-14235: djangoproject django Uncontrolled Recursion

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2019-14235GHSA-v9qg-3j8p-r63vPYSEC-2019-14
Published 02-08-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-14235 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in djangoproject django. EPSS estimates a 3.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.07%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 6
DSA-4498-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1839-1OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1872-1RHSA-2020:1324RHSA-2020:4390SUSE-SU-2019:2180-1

Timeline

  1. 02-08-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 1.11.x before 1.11.23, 2.1.x before 2.1.11, and 2.2.x before 2.2.4. If passed certain inputs, django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri could lead to significant memory usage due to a recursion when repercent-encoding invalid UTF-8 octet sequences.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.07% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Alpine2 products
  • py-django< 1.11.23-r0
  • py3-django< 1.11.23-r0
Debian1 product
  • python-django< 2:2.2.4-1
Djangoproject1 product
  • django≥ 1.11, < 1.11.23 | ≥ 2.1, < 2.1.11 | ≥ 2.2, < 2.2.4
Opensuse1 product
PyPI1 product
  • django≥ 1.11a1, < 1.11.23 | ≥ 2.1a1, < 2.1.11 | ≥ 2.2a1, < 2.2.4 | ≥ 2.1, < 2.1.11
Ubuntu1 product
  • python-djangoAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.10 | < 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.5 | < 1:1.11.22-1ubuntu1

6 vendors · 7 products

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