CVE-2017-16820

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16820
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-14 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe csnmp_read_table 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.034230000 probability, percentile 0.875720000 (date 2026-05-13)

Problem Types: CWE-415 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Collectd Collectd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
collectd: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201803-10) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
snmp plugin: double free or heap corruption · Issue #2291 · collectd/collectd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
snmp plugin: Fix double free of request PDU · collectd/collectd@d16c245 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Release 5.6.3 · collectd/collectd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
#881757 - collectd: CVE-2017-16820: snmp plugin: double free or heap corruption - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710277 Gentoo Linux collectd Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201803-10)

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