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CVE-2016-2148

critical

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving OPTION_6RD parsing.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14

https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-3249

https://busybox.net/news.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-09

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.28429