CVE-2016-2147
high-risk
Published 2017-02-09
Integer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed RFC1035-encoded domain name, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap write.
Do I need to act?
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8.3% 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
7
CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (7)
References (28)
Vendor Advisory
https://busybox.net/news.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
and 8 more references
50
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
10/34 · Low
Exposure
14/34 · Moderate