CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-45952
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-01-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in dhcp_reply (called from dhcp_packet and FuzzDhcp). NOTE: the vendor's position is that CVE-2021-45951 through CVE-2021-45957 "do not represent real vulnerabilities, to the best of our knowledge.
Affected configurations
• thekelleys dnsmasq 2.86
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35870 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/dnsmasq/OSV-2021-927.yaml Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016162.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016164.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35870 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/dnsmasq/OSV-2021-927.yaml Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016162.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2022q1/016164.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory