CVE-2022-2928
MEDIUMISC Dhcp < 4.4.3 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Title source: ruleDescription
In ISC DHCP 4.4.0 -> 4.4.3, ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 -> 4.1-ESV-R16-P1, when the function option_code_hash_lookup() is called from add_option(), it increases the option's refcount field. However, there is not a corresponding call to option_dereference() to decrement the refcount field. The function add_option() is only used in server responses to lease query packets. Each lease query response calls this function for several options, so eventually, the reference counters could overflow and cause the server to abort.
References (6)
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.9%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Affected Products (34)
isc/dhcp
< 4.4.3
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Timeline
Published
Oct 07, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026