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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce	Not Applicable
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/aug/06/security-releases/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django::::::::
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History

14 Mar 2025, 19:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400

Information

Published : 2024-08-07 15:15

Updated : 2025-03-14 19:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-41989

Mitre link : CVE-2024-41989

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-41989

JSON object : View

Products Affected

djangoproject

django

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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