GHSA-5vp9-2h7g-hxq8

GHSA-5vp9-2h7g-hxq8 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published September 5, 2023

An issue was discovered in lldpd before 1.0.17. By crafting a CDP PDU packet with specific CDP_TLV_ADDRESSES TLVs, a malicious actor can remotely force the lldpd daemon to perform an out-of-bounds read on heap memory. This occurs in cdp_decode in daemon/protocols/cdp.c.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

9.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

Sep 5, 2023 CVE Published
Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory
May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch

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