HIGH
Django: denial of service attack against django.views.static.serve
Published Jan 16, 2015
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 4.37%
Description
The django.views.static.serve view in Django before 1.4.18, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 reads files an entire line at a time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long line in a file.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≤ 1.4.17
- 1.6
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
Configuration 2
OR
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
python-django
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno)
python-django
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
Django14
Not affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
Django
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) | python-django | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) | python-django | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | Django14 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | Django | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
8.7 HIGH GHSA
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
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
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
7.5 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
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.
4.37% 0.04370
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04370
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.37% (0.04370) | 90.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.33% (0.04334) | 89.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 13, 2026 | 7.84% (0.07842) | 92.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 9.15% (0.09153) | 92.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 7.84% (0.07842) | 91.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 5, 2025 | 9.15% (0.09153) | 92.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 11.72% (0.11724) | 93.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 8.82% (0.08824) | 92.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 11.72% (0.11724) | 93.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.82% (0.08824) | 91.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.91% (0.04910) | 82.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.82% (0.08824) | 91.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 10.07% (0.10068) | 95.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 28, 2024 | 10.07% (0.10068) | 95.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | 11.23% (0.11229) | 95.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 11.99% (0.11993) | 94.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (28)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0026.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148485.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148608.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148696.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00035.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62285 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62309 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62718 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2469-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUPatchVendor Advisory
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- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:109 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0221 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179679 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jhjg-w2cp-5j44 Advisory
- https://github.com/django/django/blob/9b9c805cedb08621bd5dc58a01a6478eb7cc49a9/docs/releases/1.4.18.txt#L48C1-L49C1
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/553779c4055e8742cc832ed525b9ee34b174934f
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/818e59a3f0fbadf6c447754d202d88df025f8f2a
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/d020da6646c5142bc092247d218a3d1ce3e993f7
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2015-6.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0221
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150128111656/http://secunia.com/advisories/62285
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150128111656/http://secunia.com/advisories/62309
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054951/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2015:109/?name=MDVSA-2015:109
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20151104201446/http://secunia.com/advisories/62718
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0221
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/13/security x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 16, 2015
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 18, 2014
Link CVE-2015-0221
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-JHJG-W2CP-5J44 Updated n/a