HIGH
Django 0.96 i18n DoS
Published Oct 30, 2007
8.2
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.81%
Description
The internationalization (i18n) framework in Django 0.91, 0.95, 0.95.1, and 0.96, and as used in other products such as PyLucid, when the USE_I18N option and the i18n component are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many HTTP requests with large Accept-Language headers.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.91
- 0.95
- 0.95.1
- 0.96
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
8.2 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality None
Vulnerable System Integrity None
Vulnerable System Availability High
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
5.9 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.6 LOW NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.81% 0.01814
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01814
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01814) | 77.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01799) | 75.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.46% (0.01463) | 79.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.70% (0.02701) | 76.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.46% (0.01463) | 79.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 25, 2024 | 29.92% (0.29920) | 96.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 25.68% (0.25680) | 96.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 10.92% (0.10923) | 95.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 2, 2024 | 12.06% (0.12056) | 95.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 11.04% (0.11037) | 95.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2024 | 11.23% (0.11230) | 95.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 5, 2023 | 11.11% (0.11108) | 94.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 10.37% (0.10369) | 94.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (25)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27435 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27597 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31961 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1640 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3660 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3661 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5712 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=357051 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38143 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9v8h-57gv-qch6 Advisory
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/412ed22502e11c50dbfee854627594f0e7e2c234
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/7dd2dd08a79e388732ce00e2b5514f15bd6d0f6f
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/8bc36e726c9e8c75c681d3ad232df8e882aaac81
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2007-1.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5712
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091201070224/http://secunia.com/advisories/27435
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111224195100/http://secunia.com/advisories/27597
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111229085535/http://secunia.com/advisories/31961
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228183657/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26227
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5712
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00243.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00257.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 30, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 30, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5712
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-9V8H-57GV-QCH6 Updated n/a