CVE-2016-1503
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 16.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-1503
To remediate CVE-2016-1503, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/dhcpcd5—upgrade to 6.10.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-1503 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 16.2%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 6.10.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |