CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2015-8011
Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c in lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving large management addresses and TLV boundaries.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-120
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- lldpd_project:lldpd
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/16/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/30/2
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-941426.pdf
- https://github.com/vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/dd4f16e7e816f2165fba76e3d162cd8d2978dcb2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00032.html