CVE-2025-35966 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the CDB2SQLQUERY protocol buffer message handling of Bloomberg Comdb2 8.1. 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Bloomberg	Comdb2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bloomberg:comdb2:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2201

History

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Bloomberg Bloomberg comdb2
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:bloomberg:comdb2:8.1:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Bloomberg Bloomberg comdb2

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		A null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the CDB2SQLQUERY protocol buffer message handling of Bloomberg Comdb2 8.1. 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.
Weaknesses		CWE-476
References		https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2201
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2025-07-22T15:26:28.550Z

Updated: 2025-07-23T16:20:41.231Z

Reserved: 2025-05-22T16:04:47.010Z

Link: CVE-2025-35966

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-23T16:20:22.776Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-07-22T16:15:26.913

Modified: 2025-08-22T16:16:02.100

Link: CVE-2025-35966

Redhat

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