UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1503

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1503
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1503.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1503
Upstream
Published
2016-04-18T00:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:35Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / dhcpcd5

Package

Name
dhcpcd5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dhcpcd5@6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.5.6-1
6.*
6.0.5-1ubuntu1
6.0.5-1.1
6.0.5-2build0.14.04.1
6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dhcpcd5",
            "binary_version": "6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1503.json"