The 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
Published Jul 31, 2012
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.66%
Description
The 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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.3
- 0.95
- 0.96
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2-alpha1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 1.3
- 1.3
- 1.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02663) | 85.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.64% (0.02641) | 83.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.38% (0.01382) | 79.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.08% (0.02084) | 89.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.08% (0.02084) | 87.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-59w8-4wm2-4xw8 Advisory
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/9ca0ff6268eeff92d0d0ac2c315d4b6a8e229155
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/da33d67181b53fe6cc737ac1220153814a1509f6
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2012-3.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3443
- https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1
Change history (0)
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