CVE-2016-2054
Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—
Severity9.8Critical · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability5.63 %higher than 93% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
Multiple buffer overflows in xymond/xymond.c in xymond in Xymon 4.1.x, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.25 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename, involving handling a "config" command.
CVSS
- Base score
- 9.8
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 5.63 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 93
- Score date
- 10/22/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
Show 12 references
- http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2016-February/042986.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135758/Xymon-4.3.x-Buffer-Overflow-Code-Execution-Information-Disclosure.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3495
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537522/100/0/threaded
- https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7859/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7860/
- http://lists.xymon.com/archive/2016-February/042986.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135758/Xymon-4.3.x-Buffer-Overflow-Code-Execution-Information-Disclosure.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3495
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537522/100/0/threaded
- https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7859/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/xymon/code/7860/
Raw JSON (NVD)
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