Security Advisory
CVE-2016-6254
9.1
CRITICAL
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.
Published Date
August 19, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory