SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-7912

The get_option function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 6.2.0, as used in dhcpcd 5.x in Android before 5.1 and other products, does not validate the relationship between length fields and the amount of data, which allows remote DHCP servers to execute…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 2.65%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The get_option function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 6.2.0, as used in dhcpcd 5.x in Android before 5.1 and other products, does not validate the relationship between length fields and the amount of data, which allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large length value of an option in a DHCPACK message.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
2.65% probability · 85th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
dhcpcd project/dhcpcd
Source
chrome-cve-admin@google.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.