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01 Record

CVE-2019-11579

dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 contains a 1-byte read overflow with DHO_OPTSOVERLOADED.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 contains a 1-byte read overflow with DHO_OPTSOVERLOADED.

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
1.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 72.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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
2019-04-28 15:22Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 22:55Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-04-28
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
Data version
5.1
Document digest
9a2e97ce1dbceb560e4b15b6943d03989cbab89680a5c12360668f29d477b780

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
debiandebian_linuxNot specified—
dhcpcd_projectdhcpcdNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • dhcpcd5
    Fixed in 7.1.0-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • dhcpcd5
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • dhcpcd5
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • dhcpcd5
    Fixed in 6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.