CVE-2024-39614

Aliases:GHSA-f6f8-9mx6-9mx2BIT-django-2024-39614PYSEC-2024-59
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 10 Jul 2024, 00:00
Last modified:04 Nov 2025, 16:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
6.84% LOW
7% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Jul 2024, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Nov 2025, 16:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.7 and 4.2 before 4.2.14. get_supported_language_variant() was subject to a potential denial-of-service attack when used with very long strings containing specific characters.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 6.84%• Percentile: 92%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-130•Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency

    The product parses a formatted message or structure, but it does not handle or incorrectly handles a length field that is inconsistent with the actual length of the associated data.

Affected Systems

  • djangoproject•django

    ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.14 | ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.7

  • PyPI•django

    ≥ 5.0, < 5.0.7 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.2.14

References (12)