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CVE-2009-3896
src/http/ngx_http_parse.c in nginx (aka Engine X) 0.1.0 through 0.4.14, 0.5.x before 0.5.38, 0.6.x before 0.6.39, 0.7.x before 0.7.62, and…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 10.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
src/http/ngx_http_parse.c in nginx (aka Engine X) 0.1.0 through 0.4.14, 0.5.x before 0.5.38, 0.6.x before 0.6.39, 0.7.x before 0.7.62, and 0.8.x before 0.8.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a long URI.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.2% · top 4.3% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References15
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552035 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-12750 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 36839 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVEs for nginx (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539565 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-12775 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.diff.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-12782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1920 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 48577 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091120 CVE Assignment nginx (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://sysoev.ru/nginx/patch.null.pointer.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091120 CVEs for nginx (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201203-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [nginx] 20091030 Re: null pointer dereference vulnerability in 0.1.0-0.8.13. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3867 (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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