Browser poller crash via stale Duktape heap pointer
Published Nov 27, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Use-after-free in Zabbix Server 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 allows local users to crash a browser poller through browser-item JavaScript. browser_push_error reuses wd->browser after Duktape garbage collection frees the referenced heap object instead of verifying that it remains attached. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and a browser-item error path; the documented consequence is an availability-only process crash.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in Zabbix Server 7.0.0 through 7.0.3 allows local users to crash a browser poller through browser-item JavaScript. browser_push_error reuses wd->browser after Duktape garbage collection frees the referenced heap object instead of verifying that it remains attached. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and a browser-item error path; the documented consequence is an availability-only process crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-42331
- Published
- Nov 27, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Zabbix
- Product
- Zabbix
- Classifications
- CWE-416, CAPEC-100, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 27, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.0.0 <=7.0.3 changes=[{"at":"7.0.4rc1","status":"unaffected"}]
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