CVE-2015-5145

high
Published 2015-07-14 · 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
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

Description

validators.URLValidator in Django 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors.

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-2015-5145

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jul/08/security-releases/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIdjango>=1.8a1,<1.8.31.8.3
python PyPIdjango>=1.8,<1.8.31.8.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
djangoprojectdjango1.8.0
djangoprojectdjango1.8.1
djangoprojectdjango1.8.2

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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