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CVE-2017-16820
The 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…
Critical9.8EPSS 3.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The 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).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- RHSA-2018:0252 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201803-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/881757 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2291 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0560 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:1605 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2615 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0299 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/collectd/collectd/releases/tag/collectd-5.6.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/collectd/collectd/commit/d16c24542b2f96a194d43a73c2e5778822b9cb47 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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