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CVE-2016-1504

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

dhcpcd before 6.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via vectors related to the option length.

Affected products

• NetworkConfiguration dhcpcd: through 6.9.4

References

• http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/595883e2a431f65d8fabf33059aa4689cca17403
• http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline?r=trunk&nd&c=2016-01-07+16%3A47%3A19&n=200
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/4
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07
• http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/595883e2a431f65d8fabf33059aa4689cca17403
• http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline?r=trunk&nd&c=2016-01-07+16%3A47%3A19&n=200
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/4
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07

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