CVE-2022-2928

MEDIUM

ISC Dhcp < 4.4.3 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

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.

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
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
isc/dhcp
... and 19 more

Timeline

Published Oct 07, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026