CVE-2016-1503
Last modified
CVE-2016-1503 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 6.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Dhcpcd Project | Dhcpcd | <= 6.9.4 |
| Android | 4.0 | |
| Android | 4.0.1 | |
| Android | 4.0.2 | |
| Android | 4.0.3 | |
| Android | 4.0.4 | |
| Android | 4.1 | |
| Android | 4.1.2 | |
| Android | 4.2 | |
| Android | 4.2.1 | |
| Android | 4.2.2 | |
| Android | 4.3 | |
| Android | 4.3.1 | |
| Android | 4.4 | |
| Android | 4.4.1 | |
| Android | 4.4.2 | |
| Android | 4.4.3 | |
| Android | 5.0 | |
| Android | 5.0.1 | |
| Android | 5.1 | |
| Android | 5.1.0 | |
| Android | 6.0 | |
| Android | 6.0.1 |
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.htmlVendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
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