ZoneMinder up to 1.38.3 HTTP Response Parser GetResponse buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ZoneMinder. Impacted is the function RemoteCameraHttp::GetResponse of the component HTTP Response Parser. Performing a manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-102296. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ZoneMinder. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function RemoteCameraHttp::GetResponse of the component HTTP Response Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ZoneMinder before 1.38.4 contains static buffer overflow vulnerabilities in RemoteCameraHttp::GetResponse() that allow malicious HTTP cameras or intercepting attackers to overflow fixed-size buffers by sending oversized response headers. Attackers can send crafted HTTP responses with oversized status messages, Connection headers, Content-Type values, or multipart boundaries to corrupt parser state and crash the capture process or corrupt memory.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-102296 since 09/28/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 1.38.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2596e5fb64c0348e615577b0ab08dc38b6dc6ed8 is able to eliminate this problem. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Video Surveillance Software

Name

• ZoneMinder

Version

• 0.0.1
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.10
• 0.9.11
• 0.9.12
• 0.9.13
• 0.9.14
• 0.9.15
• 0.9.16
• 1.17.0
• 1.17.1
• 1.17.2
• 1.18.0
• 1.18.1
• 1.19.0
• 1.19.1
• 1.19.2
• 1.19.3
• 1.19.4
• 1.19.5
• 1.20.0
• 1.20.1
• 1.21.0
• 1.21.1
• 1.21.2
• 1.21.3
• 1.21.4
• 1.22.0
• 1.22.1
• 1.22.2
• 1.22.3
• 1.23.0
• 1.23.1
• 1.23.2
• 1.23.3
• 1.24.0
• 1.24.1
• 1.24.2
• 1.24.3
• 1.24.4
• 1.25.0
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.30.0
• 1.30.2
• 1.32.3
• 1.34.21
• 1.36.12
• 1.36.13
• 1.36.27
• 1.36.33
• 1.36.34
• 1.36.38
• 1.36.39
• 1.37.24
• 1.37.32
• 1.37.33
• 1.37.60
• 1.37.61
• 1.37.64
• 1.38.0
• 1.38.1
• 1.38.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zoneminder/

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