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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.34% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- dhcpcd project/dhcpcd · google/android
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.htmlVendor Advisory
- 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.htmlVendor Advisory
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.