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CVE-2015-8012

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-617

Description

lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a malformed packet.

Affected products

• lldpd: before 0.8.0 — fixed in 0.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: lldpd 0.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/18/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/30/2
• https://github.com/vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/793526f8884455f43daecd0a2c46772388417a00
• https://github.com/vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/9221b5c249f9e4843f77c7f888d5705348d179c0
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/18/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/30/2
• https://github.com/vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/793526f8884455f43daecd0a2c46772388417a00
• https://github.com/vincentbernat/lldpd/commit/9221b5c249f9e4843f77c7f888d5705348d179c0

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