CVE-2009-1902: fedoraproject fedora NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2009-1902 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 13.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 03-06-2009PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The multipart processor in ModSecurity before 2.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart form datapost request with a missing part header name, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
13.73%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 13.73% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
ModSecurity < 2.5.9 - Remote Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL9 | 10
Trustwave1 product
- modsecurity< 2.5.9
2 vendors · 2 products
References
14 links- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667542&group_id=68846X Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Show all 14 references
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSENot Applicable
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501968Mailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry