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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-1503 · published 18 April 2016

CVE-2016-1503: Dhcpcd project dhcpcd memory buffer overflow vulnerability

DDhcpcd Project · Dhcpcd

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 6.3% · top 6.6% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 10.0
6.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-1503), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.