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CVE-2014-0481

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0481 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Django versions prior to 1.4.14, 1.5.9, 1.6.6, and 1.7 rc3, affecting the file upload handling system in its default configuration. An attacker can exploit this by repeatedly uploading files with the same name, causing the server to consume excessive CPU resources due to sequential filename generation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0245 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.4.14
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: djangoFixed in: 1.6.6
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: DjangoFixed in: 1.5.9
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)Fixed in: python-django
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: Django14
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: Django

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-296w-6qhq-gf92high

Django denial of service via file upload naming

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-0481Moderate

Django: file upload denial of service

Aug 20, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59782
secunia.com / advisories/61276
secunia.com / advisories/61281
djangoproject.com / weblog/2014/aug/20/security
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3010
Third Party Advisory