CVE-2016-6254

CRITICAL

collectd <5.4.3, <5.5.2 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network.c in collectd before 5.4.3 and 5.x before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted network packet.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3636
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://collectd.org/news.shtml

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0570
EPSS Percentile 92.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
collectd/collectd 5.4.0 - 5.4.3
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/fedora 23
fedoraproject/fedora 24
Published Aug 19, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026