CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-7912

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2015-07-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-07-30
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The get_option function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 6.2.0, as used in dhcpcd 5.x in Android before 5.1 and other products, does not validate the relationship between length fields and the amount of data, which allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large length value of an option in a DHCPACK message.

Affected configurations

• dhcpcd project dhcpcd (<= 6.1.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References