CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-5621

7.5 HIGH Published 2015-08-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-08-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-19, CWE-190

Description

The snmp_pdu_parse function in snmp_api.c in net-snmp 5.7.2 and earlier does not remove the varBind variable in a netsnmp_variable_list item when parsing of the SNMP PDU fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.

Affected configurations

• net-snmp net-snmp (<= 5.7.2)

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References