CVE-2012-3444
Django vulnerable to Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
The get_image_dimensions function in the image-handling functionality in Django before 1.3.2 and 1.4.x before 1.4.1 uses a constant chunk size in all attempts to determine dimensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process or thread consumption) via a large TIFF image.
How to fix CVE-2012-3444
To remediate CVE-2012-3444, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.4.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.3.2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.3.2 or later
Is CVE-2012-3444 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.4.1-1
- from 0, < 1.3.2
- from 0, < 1.3.2, >= 1.4, < 1.4.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |