CVE-2016-1503

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: April 18, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
9.4%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

dhcpcd_project google

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