Buffer overflow in Dhcpcd Project
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 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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.063 (93.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.063 · newest: 0.063 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Dhcpcd Project
- Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07 (vendor-advisory)
- android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0…
- roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html (Vendor Advisory)
- h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1503?
- CVE-2016-1503 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dhcpcd Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-04-18.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1503?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.