Vulnerability · Published Apr 2, 2025 · Assigned by Zabbix
CVE-2024-45700DoS vulnerability due to uncontrolled resource exhaustion
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in Zabbix from Zabbix. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official 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 packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | zabbix | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45700 |
| Debian:13 | zabbix | 1:7.0.10+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45700 |
| Debian:14 | zabbix | 1:7.0.10+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-45700 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | zabbix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45700 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | zabbix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45700 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | zabbix | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45700 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N