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CVE-2016-1503

dhcpcd before 6.10.0, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 and other prod…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
6.3%
percentile 94%
Public exploits
0
none known

dhcpcd before 6.10.0, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 and other products, mismanages option lengths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a malformed DHCP response, aka internal bug 26461634.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201606-07 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • android.googlesource.com /platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • roy.marples.name /projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • h20566.www2.hp.com /portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1034601 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

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