Medium severity · published Apr 2, 2025
CVE-2024-45700
Zabbix server is vulnerable to a DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Zabbix server is vulnerable to a DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion. An attacker can send specially crafted requests to the server, which will cause the server to allocate an excessive amount of memory and perform CPU-intensive decompression operations, ultimately leading to a service crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZA
Zabbix · Zabbix
6.0.0 before 6.0.39; 7.0.0 before 7.0.10; 7.2.0 before 7.2.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45700
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45700
Vendor Advisory
https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-26253
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00027.html
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