Resource exhaustion in Djangoproject Django
CVE-2024-41989
An issue was discovered in Django 5.0 before 5.0.8 and 4.2 before 4.2.15. The floatformat template filter is subject to significant memory consumption when given a string representation of a number in scientific notation with a large exponent.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.012 (65.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Djangoproject Django
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Not Applicable)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-41989?
- CVE-2024-41989 is a high-severity vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-08-07.
- How severe is CVE-2024-41989?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-41989 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.