CVE-2016-2054: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 5.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Xymon Xymon: version 4.1.0 only; version 4.1.1 only; version 4.1.2 only; version 4.2 only; version 4.2.0 only; version 4.2.2 only; …

Published 2016-04-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.