CVE-2017-16820

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16820
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16820.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16820
Downstream
Published
2017-11-14T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T08:56:38.147157Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The csnmpreadtable function in snmp.c in the SNMP plugin in collectd before 5.6.3 is susceptible to a double free in a certain error case, which could lead to a crash (or potentially have other impact).

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.5 / collectd

Package

Name
collectd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/collectd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.6.2-r1

Affected versions

4.*

4.9.1-r0
4.9.1-r1
4.9.1-r2
4.9.1-r3
4.10.1-r0
4.10.2-r0
4.10.2-r1
4.10.2-r2
4.10.3-r0
4.10.3-r1
4.10.3-r2

5.*

5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r1
5.0.0-r2
5.0.0-r3
5.0.1-r0
5.0.1-r1
5.0.2-r0
5.0.3-r0
5.1.0-r0
5.1.0-r1
5.1.0-r2
5.1.0-r3
5.2.0-r0
5.2.1-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.4.0-r2
5.4.1-r0
5.4.1-r1
5.4.1-r2
5.4.1-r3
5.4.1-r4
5.4.1-r5
5.4.2-r0
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.1-r1
5.6.1-r2
5.6.1-r3
5.6.2-r0

Alpine:v3.6 / collectd

Package

Name
collectd
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/collectd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.6.2-r1

Affected versions

4.*

4.9.1-r0
4.9.1-r1
4.9.1-r2
4.9.1-r3
4.10.1-r0
4.10.2-r0
4.10.2-r1
4.10.2-r2
4.10.3-r0
4.10.3-r1
4.10.3-r2

5.*

5.0.0-r0
5.0.0-r1
5.0.0-r2
5.0.0-r3
5.0.1-r0
5.0.1-r1
5.0.2-r0
5.0.3-r0
5.1.0-r0
5.1.0-r1
5.1.0-r2
5.1.0-r3
5.2.0-r0
5.2.1-r0
5.3.0-r0
5.3.0-r1
5.4.0-r0
5.4.0-r1
5.4.0-r2
5.4.1-r0
5.4.1-r1
5.4.1-r2
5.4.1-r3
5.4.1-r4
5.4.1-r5
5.4.2-r0
5.5.0-r0
5.5.0-r1
5.5.1-r0
5.5.1-r1
5.5.2-r0
5.5.2-r1
5.6.1-r0
5.6.1-r1
5.6.1-r2
5.6.1-r3
5.6.2-r0

Git / github.com/collectd/collectd

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/collectd/collectd
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
a46c9c8d8847d2c5cd742e3c2c8bcea61ccef83f
Fixed
d16c24542b2f96a194d43a73c2e5778822b9cb47

Affected versions

collectd-2.*

collectd-2.0.1

collectd-3.*

collectd-3.10.0
collectd-3.10.1
collectd-3.10.2
collectd-3.10.3
collectd-3.10.4
collectd-3.11.0
collectd-3.11.1
collectd-3.11.2
collectd-3.11.3
collectd-3.11.4
collectd-3.11.5
collectd-3.11.6
collectd-3.11.7
collectd-3.7.0
collectd-3.8.0
collectd-3.8.2
collectd-3.8.3
collectd-3.8.4
collectd-3.9.0
collectd-3.9.1
collectd-3.9.2
collectd-3.9.3
collectd-3.9.4

collectd-4.*

collectd-4.0.0
collectd-4.0.0-rc10
collectd-4.0.0-rc4
collectd-4.0.0-rc6
collectd-4.0.0-rc7
collectd-4.0.0-rc8
collectd-4.0.0-rc9
collectd-4.0.1
collectd-4.0.2
collectd-4.0.3
collectd-4.0.4
collectd-4.0.5
collectd-4.0.6
collectd-4.0.7
collectd-4.0.8
collectd-4.0.9
collectd-4.1.0
collectd-4.1.1
collectd-4.1.2
collectd-4.1.3
collectd-4.1.4
collectd-4.1.5
collectd-4.1.6
collectd-4.10.0
collectd-4.10.1
collectd-4.10.2
collectd-4.10.3
collectd-4.10.4
collectd-4.10.5
collectd-4.10.6
collectd-4.10.7
collectd-4.10.8
collectd-4.10.9
collectd-4.2.0
collectd-4.2.1
collectd-4.2.2
collectd-4.2.3
collectd-4.2.4
collectd-4.2.5
collectd-4.2.6
collectd-4.2.7
collectd-4.3.0
collectd-4.3.0beta0
collectd-4.3.0beta1
collectd-4.3.1
collectd-4.3.2
collectd-4.3.3
collectd-4.3.4
collectd-4.4.0
collectd-4.4.1
collectd-4.4.2
collectd-4.4.3
collectd-4.4.4
collectd-4.4.5
collectd-4.5.0
collectd-4.5.1
collectd-4.5.2
collectd-4.5.3
collectd-4.5.4
collectd-4.6.0
collectd-4.6.1
collectd-4.6.2
collectd-4.6.3
collectd-4.6.4
collectd-4.6.5
collectd-4.7.0
collectd-4.7.1
collectd-4.7.2
collectd-4.7.3
collectd-4.7.4
collectd-4.7.5
collectd-4.8.0
collectd-4.8.1
collectd-4.8.2
collectd-4.8.3
collectd-4.8.4
collectd-4.8.5
collectd-4.9.0
collectd-4.9.1
collectd-4.9.2
collectd-4.9.3
collectd-4.9.4
collectd-4.9.5

collectd-5.*

collectd-5.0.0
collectd-5.0.0-beta0
collectd-5.0.0-beta1
collectd-5.0.1
collectd-5.0.2
collectd-5.0.3
collectd-5.0.4
collectd-5.0.5
collectd-5.1.0
collectd-5.1.1
collectd-5.1.2
collectd-5.1.3
collectd-5.2.0
collectd-5.2.1
collectd-5.2.2
collectd-5.3.0
collectd-5.3.1
collectd-5.3.2
collectd-5.4.0
collectd-5.4.1
collectd-5.4.2
collectd-5.4.3
collectd-5.5.0
collectd-5.5.1
collectd-5.5.2
collectd-5.5.3
collectd-5.6.0
collectd-5.6.1
collectd-5.6.2

Other

svn-trunk

Database specific 

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