9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2016-6254
Collectd Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 19, 2016, 9:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:55 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-6254 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-6254 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Collectd collectd

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A collection of vulnerabilities discovered by the AFL fuzzer (afl-fuzz)

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
88 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : Aug. 27, 2015, 12:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 332 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-6254 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-6254 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/b589096f907052b3a4da2b9ccc9b0e2e888dfc18 Patch https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/b589096f907052b3a4da2b9ccc9b0e2e888dfc18 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.4.2 *cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.5.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.4.0 up to (excluding) 5.4.3 *cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (excluding) 5.5.2
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UIZ5UXDOB7BA5NGE2F2I2BL4K6763DHW/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CM4W5SJ4OTBGINGIN4NJLXCUZAZANO6J/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/b589096f907052b3a4da2b9ccc9b0e2e888dfc18 No Types Assigned https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/b589096f907052b3a4da2b9ccc9b0e2e888dfc18 Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3636 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3636 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://collectd.org/news.shtml No Types Assigned http://collectd.org/news.shtml Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

5.49 }} 0.12%

score

0.93338

percentile

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