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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-13441

qh_help in Nagios Core version 4.4.1 and earlier is prone to a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability, which allows attacker to cause a local denial-of-service condition by sending a crafted payload to the listening UNIX socket.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:19 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-13441

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Jul 2018, 18:29 UTC

qh_help in Nagios Core version 4.4.1 and earlier is prone to a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability, which allows attacker to cause a local denial-of-service condition by sending a crafted payload to the listening UNIX socket.

osv:CVE-2018-13441
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:17.158765994Z",
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      "references": [
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        "https://knowledge.opsview.com/v5.4/docs/whats-new",
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