CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-2147

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Integer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before version 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed RFC1035-encoded domain name, leading to an out-of-bounds heap write.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely trigger a system crash, potentially leading to service availability interruptions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update BusyBox to version 1.25.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS