CVE-2012-3443
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…
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- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 47 days later
· 47 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIDjangoGHSA-59w8-4wm2-4xw8 (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- [oss-security] 20120730 CVE Request: Django 1.3.1 and 1.4.0 security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-1560-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120730 Re: CVE Request: Django 1.3.1 and 1.4.0 security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-59w8-4wm2-4xw8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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