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high 7.5

CVE-2019-6975 json

Uncontrolled Memory Consumption in Django

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-wh4h-v3f2-r2pp , PYSEC-2019-18 , EUVD-2019-0042

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.1%
EPSS 5.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Django 1.11.x before 1.11.19, 2.0.x before 2.0.11, and 2.1.x before 2.1.6 allows Uncontrolled Memory Consumption via a malicious attacker-supplied value to the django.utils.numberformat.format() function.

Patch / fix

  • pypi django 1.11.19, 2.0.11, 2.0.12, 2.1.6, 2.1.7
  • djangoproject django 1.11.19, 2.0.11, 2.1.6
  • python-django Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.11.20-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6975

  • python-django Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.8.7-1ubuntu5.8
  • python-django Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:1.11.11-1ubuntu1.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6975

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • python-Django OpenStack Cloud 7 1.8.19-3.12.5
  • ardana-db OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1555341117.d812d88-3.25.1
  • ardana-mq OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1549882721.b2e8873-3.13.1
  • ardana-ses OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1554912320.73ad306-1.20.1
  • ardana-tls OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1534267264.6b1e899-3.6.1
  • crowbar-ha OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1559282566.6b06ca3-3.17.1
  • ardana-heat OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1555450207.a7d3bfe-3.12.1
  • ardana-nova OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1559253853.bb932ea-3.29.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2042-1SUSE-SU-2019:1862-1SUSE-SU-2019:1215-1

  • python-Django5 openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.16-1.1
  • python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.30-4.1
  • python-Django6 openSUSE Tumbleweed 6.0-1.1
  • python-Django4 openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.14-1.1
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.2.7-2.3
  • python-Django openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.2.11-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11270-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11248-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11235-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10005-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14208-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11205-1

  • py-django Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9 1.11.19-r0
  • py3-django Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 1.11.19-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-6975

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • python-django Arch Linux 2.1.6-1

arch linux advisories AVG-881

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-6975 updated cvss 5.3

python-django: memory exhaustion in django.utils.numberformat.format()

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 python-django, python-django-bash-completion
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 python-django
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational Tools python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational Tools python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) python-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion
    +3 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) python2-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat OpenStack Platform 15 (Stein) python-django, python3-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat Storage 3 python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 python-django, python2-django, python-django-bash-completion Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud Providers python-django
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi django
>=1.11, <1.11.19
>=2.0, <2.0.11
>=2.1, <2.1.6
>=2.0, <2.0.12
>=2.1, <2.1.7
1.11.19
2.0.11
2.1.6
2.0.12
2.1.7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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References

Sources

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