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Vulnerability details: VCID-pae6-5qcr-vfc2
Vulnerability ID VCID-pae6-5qcr-vfc2
Aliases CVE-2017-7401
Summary collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.9 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7401.json
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
epss 0.00982 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7401
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7401
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7401.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7401
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7401
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/collectd/collectd/issues/2174
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97321
1439674 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439674
859494 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859494
cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:collectd:collectd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-7401 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7401
RHSA-2017:1285 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1285
RHSA-2017:1787 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1787
RHSA-2018:2615 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2615
USN-USN-4793-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4793-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7401.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7401
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7401
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.76719
EPSS Score 0.00982
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:31:57.928127+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7401.json 38.0.0