CVE-2012-3444
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.2%Django vulnerable to Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/python-djangofrom 0, < 1.4.1-1
- PyPI/djangofrom 0, < 1.3.2
- PyPI/djangofrom 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 |
References (16)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3444
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3444
- ADVISORYhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/
- PATCHhttps://github.com/django/django
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/9ca0ff6268eeff92d0d0ac2c315d4b6a8e229155
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/b2eb4787a0fff9c9993b78be5c698e85108f3446
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/c14f325c4eef628bc7bfd8873c3a72aeb0219141
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/da33d67181b53fe6cc737ac1220153814a1509f6
- WEBhttps://github.com/django/django/commit/dd16b17099b7d86f27773df048c5014cf439b282
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2012-4.yaml
- WEBhttps://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2529
- WEBhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:143
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/1
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/2
- WEBhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1560-1