The utils.html.strip_tags function in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1, when using certain versions…

Description

The utils.html.strip_tags function in Django 1.6.x before 1.6.11, 1.7.x before 1.7.7, and 1.8.x before 1.8c1, when using certain versions of Python, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by increasing the length of the input string.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.8% · top 8.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• PyPIDjangoGHSA-j3j3-jrfh-cm2w (opens in a new tab)

References (6)

• USN-2539-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 73322 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2015-5766 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2015:0643 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/mar/18/security-releases/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-j3j3-jrfh-cm2w (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2015-2316](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2015-2316.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2015-2316)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 05:10 UTC.