Stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_submitf function in cgi/cmd.c in Nagios Core, possibly 4.0.3rc1 and earlier, and Icinga before…

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_submitf function in cgi/cmd.c in Nagios Core, possibly 4.0.3rc1 and earlier, and Icinga before 1.8.6, 1.9 before 1.9.5, and 1.10 before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long message to cmd.cgi.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• openSUSE-SU-2014:0516 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://dev.icinga.org/issues/5434 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.icinga.org/2014/02/11/bugfix-releases-1-10-3-1-9-5-1-8-6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066578 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 65605 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20181224 [SECURITY] [DLA 1615-1] nagios3 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 57024 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 09:58 UTC.