MEDIUM
The multipart processor in ModSecurity before 2.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart form datapost request with a missing part header name, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference
Published Jun 3, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 13.73%
Description
The multipart processor in ModSecurity before 2.5.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a multipart form datapost request with a missing part header name, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 2.5.9
Configuration 2
OR
- 9
- 10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
13.73% 0.13735
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.13735
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 13.73% (0.13735) | 96.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.73% (0.13735) | 96.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 13.85% (0.13853) | 93.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.80% (0.16797) | 91.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 13.85% (0.13853) | 93.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.69% (0.10692) | 92.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.07% (0.06074) | 93.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.86% (0.04860) | 93.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 6, 2023 | 3.64% (0.03642) | 90.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.26% (0.04259) | 90.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (14)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSENot Applicable
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34256 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34311 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35687 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667542&group_id=68846 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/52553 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501968 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49212 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8241 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSENot Applicable | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34256 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34311 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35687 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667542&group_id=68846 | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/52553 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501968 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49212 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8241 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 3, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 3, 2009
Link CVE-2009-1902
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a