CVE-2012-3443

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3443
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-31 17:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Djangoproject Django 0.95 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 0.96 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.0 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.0 alpha1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.0 alpha2 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.0 beta All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.0 beta2 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.0.1 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.0.2 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.1 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.1 alpha1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.1 beta1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.1 rc1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.1.2 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.1.3 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.1.4 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.2 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.2 beta1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.2 rc1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.2-alpha1 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.2.2 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.2.4 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.2.5 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.2.6 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.2.7 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.3 alpha1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.3 beta1 All All
Application Djangoproject Django 1.4 All All All
Application Djangoproject Django All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1560-1: Django vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Django 1.3.1 and 1.4.0 security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:143 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Security releases issued | Weblog | Django af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.djangoproject.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: Django 1.3.1 and 1.4.0 security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2529-1 python-django af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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