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CVE-2009-4500: zabbix

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-4500
Published 31-12-2009Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-4500 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in zabbix. EPSS estimates a 2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-12-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The process_trap function in trapper/trapper.c in Zabbix Server before 1.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted request with data that lacks an expected : (colon) separator, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.29% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • zabbix< 1:1.8-1
Zabbix1 product
  • zabbix≤ 1.4.6 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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