CVE-2026-42512
HIGHRemotely triggerable out-of-bounds heap write in dhclient
Title source: cnaDescription
As dhclient is building an environment to pass to dhclient-script, it may need to resize the array of string pointers. The code which expands the array incorrectly calculates its new size when requesting memory, resulting in a heap buffer overrun. A specially crafted packet can cause dhclient to overrun its buffer of environment entries. This can result in a crash, but it may be possible to leverage this bug to achieve remote code execution.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-26:15.dhclient.asc
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0142
EPSS Percentile
69.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (8)
freebsd/freebsd
13.5 (14 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
14.3 (12 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
14.4 (4 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
15.0 (7 CPE variants)
FreeBSD/FreeBSD
13.5-RELEASE - p13
FreeBSD/FreeBSD
14.3-RELEASE - p12
FreeBSD/FreeBSD
14.4-RELEASE - p3
FreeBSD/FreeBSD
15.0-RELEASE - p7
Published
Apr 30, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 30, 2026