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 Apr 18, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 6.34%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 6.9.4
Configuration 2
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.3
- 4.3.1
- 4.4
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.1
- 5.1.0
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.34% (0.06344) | 93.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.34% (0.06344) | 92.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 12, 2026 | 16.18% (0.16185) | 94.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 9.38% (0.09383) | 92.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.17% (0.07173) | 90.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.14% (0.15136) | 91.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.17% (0.07173) | 90.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 24, 2024 | 5.58% (0.05576) | 93.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.60% (0.06596) | 93.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 18, 2024 | 4.66% (0.04663) | 92.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 25, 2023 | 4.56% (0.04562) | 91.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2023 | 8.68% (0.08677) | 93.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 10.56% (0.10562) | 94.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.55% (0.04550) | 88.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.55% (0.04550) | 87.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.55% (0.04550) | 74.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (6)
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Change history (0)
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