CVE-2024-45700

DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 2, 2025 at 06:13 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:54 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZabbix

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

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

6.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.386.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.397.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.97.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.107.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.2.37.2.0 ≤ v < 7.2.46.0.07.0.07.2.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.4.0alpha1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770

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