CVE-2016-6254

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6254
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6254.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6254
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-08-19T21:59:13Z
Modified
2026-08-18T08:25:19Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "8.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "debian:debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "23"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "23"
                },
                {
                    "introduced":  "24"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "24"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_STRING",
            "vendor_product":  "fedoraproject:fedora"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/collectd/collectd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/collectd/collectd
Events
Introduced
f6b9d3b2d95a140eaf9537cae08069b6856684b2
Fixed
c0f5748983a962f7be82bf49ac6c28a59d4658ff
Introduced
ffc3836c22daa43aec1e28dc97c92f8e60b1b5ee
Fixed
c0db1cfee44a6393143537a71ab1b651d1df6961
Fixed
b589096f907052b3a4da2b9ccc9b0e2e888dfc18
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe":  "cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "introduced":  "5.4.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "5.4.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced":  "5.5.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed":  "5.5.2"
        }
    ],
    "source":  [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

collectd-5.*
collectd-5.4.0
collectd-5.4.1
collectd-5.4.2
collectd-5.5.0
collectd-5.5.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6254.json"
vanir_signatures 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-18T08:25:19Z"