CVE-2007-5712
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…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 1.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 21% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-9v8h-57gv-qch6 (opens in a new tab)
References
12
- ADV-2007-3660 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-3157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1640 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 27435 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-2788 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 26227 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=749199 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- django-i18n-dos(38143) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/oct/26/security-fix (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31961 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27597 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-0001 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9v8h-57gv-qch6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-5712)Record last updated .