CVE-2024-45230 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Django

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.7%
top 14.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Djangoproject Django
Timeline
PublishedOct 8
Latest updateFeb 5

Description

An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.1, 5.0 before 5.0.9, and 4.2 before 4.2.16. The urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters are subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via very large inputs with a specific sequence of characters.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDdjangoproject/django4.2.0 — 4.2.16+2
▶PyPIdjangoproject/django5.1 — 5.1.1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2024-45230: An issue was discovered in Django 5↗2024-10-08
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GHSA
Django vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via the urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters↗2024-10-08
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OSV
Django vulnerable to denial-of-service attack via the urlize() and urlizetrunc() template filters↗2024-10-08
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CVEList
CVE-2024-45230: An issue was discovered in Django 5↗2024-10-08
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OSV
python-django vulnerabilities↗2024-09-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Django vulnerabilities↗2024-09-03
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Red Hat
python-django: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in django.utils.html.urlize()↗2024-09-03
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Debian
CVE-2024-45230: python-django - An issue was discovered in Django 5.1 before 5.1.1, 5.0 before 5.0.9, and 4.2 be...↗2024
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💬Community

1
HackerOne
CVE-2024-45230 - Potential denial-of-service in django.utils.html.urlize() (Another pattern)↗2025-02-05
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CVE-2024-45230 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Django | cvebase