CVE-2016-2148
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving OPTION_6RD parsing.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving OPTION_6RD parsing.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 27.11% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- busybox/busybox · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 27.1% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://busybox.net/news.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://busybox.net/news.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.