CVE-2016-2148

high-risk
Published 2017-02-09

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.

Do I need to act?

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15.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 84% of all CVEs
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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 (7)

Affected Vendors

Debian Busybox Canonical

References (28)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-S...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-G...
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16
Vendor Advisory https://busybox.net/news.html
Patch https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
Exploit https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
Exploit https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-S...
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-G...
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16
and 8 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate