CVE-2016-1503
CRITICALdhcpcd < 6.10.0 - Remote Code Execution via Malformed DHCP Response
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_hp
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0634
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (23)
dhcpcd_project/dhcpcd
< 6.9.4
google/android
4.0
google/android
4.0.1
google/android
4.0.2
google/android
4.0.3
google/android
4.0.4
google/android
4.1
google/android
4.1.2
google/android
4.2
google/android
4.2.1
... and 13 more
Published
Apr 18, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026