CVE-2009-4501: zabbix

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-4501 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in zabbix. EPSS estimates a 8.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

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

Description

The zbx_get_next_field function in libs/zbxcommon/str.c in Zabbix Server before 1.6.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request that lacks expected separators, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference, as demonstrated using the Command keyword.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.