CVE-2026-42512

Remotely triggerable out-of-bounds heap write in dhclient

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 26.4%

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-122
Status published
Products (4)
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