CVE-2016-1504

HIGH

dhcpcd < 6.9.4 - Denial of Service via Invalid Option Length

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/3
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/4
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 7.5
EPSS 0.0290
EPSS Percentile 85.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
dhcpcd_project/dhcpcd < 6.9.4
Published Feb 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026