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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

2016-04-18T00:59:15.227

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application dhcpcd_project dhcpcd ≤ 6.9.4 Yes
Operating System google android 4.0 Yes
Operating System google android 4.0.1 Yes
Operating System google android 4.0.2 Yes
Operating System google android 4.0.3 Yes
Operating System google android 4.0.4 Yes
Operating System google android 4.1 Yes
Operating System google android 4.1.2 Yes
Operating System google android 4.2 Yes
Operating System google android 4.2.1 Yes
Operating System google android 4.2.2 Yes
Operating System google android 4.3 Yes
Operating System google android 4.3.1 Yes
Operating System google android 4.4 Yes
Operating System google android 4.4.1 Yes
Operating System google android 4.4.2 Yes
Operating System google android 4.4.3 Yes
Operating System google android 5.0 Yes
Operating System google android 5.0.1 Yes
Operating System google android 5.1 Yes
Operating System google android 5.1.0 Yes
Operating System google android 6.0 Yes
Operating System google android 6.0.1 Yes
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