CVE-2009-3896
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 10.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 10.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3867)
- Published
- November 24, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3867 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- f5 / nginx
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References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552035(Exploit)
- http://marc.info/?l=nginx&m=125692080328141&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48577
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.diff.gz
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml
- http://sysoev.ru/nginx/patch.null.pointer.txt(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1920
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/1(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/6(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/10(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36839(Exploit, Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539565(Patch)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00428.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00442.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00449.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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