Security advisory

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  "id": "8778a603b7dd54370585fd65ecbbc9396ca1f878dfb89f0b6571480e7809cfd9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-6975",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-6975",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-6975",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2019-6975",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2019-6975",
        "GHSA-wh4h-v3f2-r2pp",
        "PYSEC-2019-18"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/django/django",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1cdba624d55d5c2fe3c74fff1fb5fb17b126821d"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "be439e58768cd827ca8ac8ff9263c4aae0f75907"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "79a6e7798fec3de342c687b4a6d512c499c1f972"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.11.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.11.19"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "2.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.0.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:djangoproject:django:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "2.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.1.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.11.18",
            "2.0.10",
            "2.1.5",
            "1.11.17",
            "2.1.4",
            "2.1.3",
            "2.1.2",
            "2.0.9",
            "1.11.16",
            "2.1.1",
            "2.1",
            "2.0.8",
            "1.11.15",
            "2.1rc1",
            "2.0.7",
            "1.11.14",
            "2.1b1",
            "2.0.6",
            "2.1a1",
            "1.11.13",
            "2.0.5",
            "1.11.12",
            "2.0.4",
            "2.0.3",
            "1.11.11",
            "2.0.2",
            "1.11.10",
            "1.11.9",
            "2.0.1",
            "2.0",
            "1.11.8",
            "2.0rc1",
            "1.11.7",
            "2.0b1",
            "1.11.6",
            "2.0a1",
            "1.11.5",
            "1.11.4",
            "1.11.3",
            "1.11.2",
            "1.11.1",
            "1.11",
            "1.11rc1",
            "1.11b1",
            "1.11a1",
            "1.7a2",
            "1.4",
            "1.3",
            "1.2.1",
            "1.2",
            "1.1",
            "1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-6975.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:03.485494864Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/django-announce/WTwEAprR0IQ",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66WMXHGBXD7GSM3PEXVCMCAGLMQYHZCU/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HVXDOVCXLD74SHR2BENGCE2OOYYYWJHZ/",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/10",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3890-1/",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4476",
        "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/security/",
        "https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2019/feb/11/security-releases/",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/11/1"
      ],
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              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
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                    "introduced": "18.10"
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                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
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            ],
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                ],
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              }
            ]
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2019-6975",
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440259,
  "published_at": "2019-02-11T13:29:00.27+00:00"
}