CVE-2016-1503
high-risk
Published 2016-04-18
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.
Do I need to act?
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9.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (12)
Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
64
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
11/34 · Low
Exposure
21/34 · High