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CVE-2017-7401

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7401 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in collectd versions 5.7.1 and earlier. A remote attacker can exploit an infinite loop condition by sending a crafted UDP packet to a collectd instance configured with specific insecure settings. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0400 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: collectd-0:5.7.2-3.1.el7rhgs
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7Fixed in: collectd-0:5.7.2-1.1.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: collectd-0:5.7.1-4.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.1Fixed in: collectd-0:5.7.1-4.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7 (Kilo) Operational ToolsFixed in: collectd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) Operational ToolsFixed in: collectd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 (Liberty) Operational ToolsFixed in: collectd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) Operational ToolsFixed in: collectd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2Fixed in: collectd

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7401Moderate

collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions

Feb 13, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1285
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1787
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2615
github.com / collectd/collectd/issues/2174
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97321
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry