ALPINE-CVE-2016-6254

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-6254
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6254.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6254
Upstream
Published
2016-08-19T21:59:13Z
Modified
2026-07-08T04:30:04Z
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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10 / collectd

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.4.0
Fixed
5.5.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6254.json"

Alpine:v3.4 / collectd

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.4.0
Fixed
5.5.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6254.json"

Alpine:v3.5 / collectd

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.4.0
Fixed
5.5.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6254.json"

Alpine:v3.6 / collectd

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.4.0
Fixed
5.5.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6254.json"

Alpine:v3.9 / collectd

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.4.0
Fixed
5.5.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-6254.json"