lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion…
Priority LOW 38CWE-617Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-617.
Summary
lldpd before 0.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) via a malformed packet.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:lldpd_project:lldpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 0.8.0 | Vulnerable | Lldpd Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:lldpd_project:lldpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.8.0 Vulnerable ·Lldpd Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Fast Datapath for RHEL 7
- Fast Datapath for RHEL 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)
- Red Hat Virtualization 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-8012
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-26h8-43q7-4r2w
References
More Lldpd Project Lldpd vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-22298 An issue was discovered in lldpd before 1.0.17. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-06661 Buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c in lldpd before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-16898 Uncontrolled resource consumption in lldp/openvswitch CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-19480 In lldpd before 1.0.13, when decoding SONMP packets in the sonmp_decode function, it's… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-34144 lldpd: Heap OOB Read in VLAN Decapsulation memmove CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2015-8012 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-8012 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-26h8-43q7-4r2w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2015-8012 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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