CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6254

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2016-08-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-08-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 8.0 • collectd collectd (>= 5.4.0 < 5.4.3) • collectd collectd (>= 5.5.0 < 5.5.2) • fedoraproject fedora 23 • fedoraproject fedora 24

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References