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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2025-36512

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the Bloomberg Comdb2 8.1 database when handling a distributed transaction heartbeat.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.55%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the Bloomberg Comdb2 8.1 database when handling a distributed transaction heartbeat. A specially crafted protocol buffer message can lead to a denial of service. An attacker can simply connect to a database instance over TCP and send the crafted message to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.55% probability · 44th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-617
Affected
bloomberg/comdb2
Source
talos-cna@cisco.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.