CVE-2012-3443

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Published 2022-05-17 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3443

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2012/jul/30/security-releases-issued/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.4.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.4.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1.4.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.4.1-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango>=1.4,<1.4.11.4.1
python PyPIdjango<1.3.21.3.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango{"endIncluding":"1.3"}
djangoprojectdjango0.95
djangoprojectdjango0.96
djangoprojectdjango1.0
djangoprojectdjango1.0.1
djangoprojectdjango1.0.2
djangoprojectdjango1.1
djangoprojectdjango1.1.2
djangoprojectdjango1.1.3
djangoprojectdjango1.1.4
djangoprojectdjango1.2
djangoprojectdjango1.2-alpha1
djangoprojectdjango1.2.2
djangoprojectdjango1.2.4
djangoprojectdjango1.2.5
djangoprojectdjango1.2.6
djangoprojectdjango1.2.7
djangoprojectdjango1.3
djangoprojectdjango1.4

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.