VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-70102

A NULL pointer dereference occurs in Roy Marples NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd 10.3.0 while parsing configuration options.

MEDIUM 6.3EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference occurs in Roy Marples NetworkConfiguration/dhcpcd 10.3.0 while parsing configuration options. In parse_option() (src/if-options.c:1886), the code performs a member access on a NULL pointer of type 'struct dhcp_opt' when an unexpected/invalid option token or parsing state causes the lookup to yield NULL. The instrumented fuzzing build reports 'runtime error: member access within null pointer of type struct dhcp_opt' and aborts.

CVSS 3.1: 6.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS: 0.17% probability · 7th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-476
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://infosec.exchange/@sigdevel/116733594508542047

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