CVE-2018-5732
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5732
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-5732.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-5732
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-10-09T16:15:13Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-21T02:35:29Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Failure to properly bounds-check a buffer used for processing DHCP options allows a malicious server (or an entity masquerading as a server) to cause a buffer overflow (and resulting crash) in dhclient by sending a response containing a specially constructed options section. Affects ISC DHCP versions 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0
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