PyPi: Flask

CVE-2018-1000656

Safety vulnerability ID: 36388

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

The information on this page was manually curated by our Cybersecurity Intelligence Team.

Created at Aug 20, 2018 Updated at Apr 07, 2024
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Advisory

flask version Before 0.12.3 contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in flask that can result in Large amount of memory usage possibly leading to denial of service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Attacker provides JSON data in incorrect encoding. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.12.3.

Affected package

flask

Latest version: 3.0.3

A simple framework for building complex web applications.

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The Pallets Project flask version Before 0.12.3 contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in flask that can result in Large amount of memory usage possibly leading to denial of service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Attacker provides JSON data in incorrect encoding. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.12.3.


CONFIRM:https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/2691: https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/2691
CONFIRM:https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases/tag/0.12.3: https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases/tag/0.12.3

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

HIGH 7.5

CVSS v3 Details

HIGH 7.5
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
NONE
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 5.0
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
LOW
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
NONE
Availability Impact (A)
PARTIAL