CVE-2018-1000656

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Published: August 20, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:33 AM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsHyper Converged InfrastructureActive IqFlask

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

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. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-1010083.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
v < 0.12.3
Affected range stops below 0.12.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/pallets/flask/pull/2691
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/pallets/flask/releases/tag/0.12.3
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0001/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4378-1/

CVSS

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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