CVE-2016-1504
dhcpcd before 6.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via vectors related to the option length.
02 Description
dhcpcd before 6.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via vectors related to the option length.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-02-07 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 34f534ab335debd3ebe8ff4e4b16513171e8ae12966b4cc46863ee84f8e56eec
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160107 CVE id request: dhcpcdhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160107 Re: CVE id request: dhcpcdhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/4
- roy.marples.namehttp://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/595883e2a431f65d8fabf33059aa4689cca17403
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07
- roy.marples.namehttp://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline?r=trunk&nd&c=2016-01-07+16%3A47%3A19&n=200
- www.securitytracker.com1034601http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dhcpcd5 Fixed in 6.10.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- dhcpcd5 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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