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    CVE-2016-1503

    dhcpcd before 6.10.0, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 and other products, mismanages option lengths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a malformed DHCP response, aka internal bug 26461634.

    Published:Apr 18, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Apr 18, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.07135
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Dhcpcd Project
    Product
    Dhcpcd
    Vendor
    Google
    Product
    Android

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
    http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
    https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09
    https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07
    http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
    http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
    https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09
    https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High