CVE-2016-6254
CRITICAL9.1EPSS 10.8%collectd - security update
Published: 8/19/2016Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2016-6254DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6254
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 packages (4)
- Alpine/collectdfrom 0, < 5.5.2-r0
- Debian/collectdfrom 0, < 5.5.2-1
- Debian/collectdfrom 0, < 5.1.0-3+deb7u1
- Debian/collectdfrom 0, < 5.4.1-6+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |