{"id":"CVE-2014-0481","aliases":["GHSA-296w-6qhq-gf92","PYSEC-2014-5"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0481","summary":"Django denial of service via file upload naming","details":"The default configuration for the file upload handling system in Django before 1.4.14, 1.5.x before 1.5.9, 1.6.x before 1.6.6, and 1.7 before release candidate 3 uses a sequential file name generation process when a file with a conflicting name is uploaded, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by unloading a multiple files with the same name.","published":"2014-08-26T14:55:05Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:15:34.928678342Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django","fixedVersion":"1.4.14"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django","fixedVersion":"1.5.9"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"django","fixedVersion":"1.6.6"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/26cd48e166ac4d84317c8ee6d63ac52a87e8da99","label":"django/django@26cd48e"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00023.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59782"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/61276"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/61281"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3010"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0481"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/26cd48e166ac4d84317c8ee6d63ac52a87e8da99"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/30042d475bf084c6723c6217a21598d9247a9c41"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/django/django/commit/dd0c3f4ee1a30c1a1e6055061c6ba6e58c6b54d1"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/django/django"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/django/PYSEC-2014-5.yaml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2014/aug/20/security"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-04-16T06:15:34.928678342Z"}}