CVE-2012-6698
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.60%dhcpcd - security update
Published: 4/11/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The decode_search function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd 3.x allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted response.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/dhcpcdfrom 0, < 1:10.0.1-1
- Debian/dhcpcdfrom 0, < 1:3.2.3-5+squeeze2
- Debian/dhcpcdfrom 0, < 1:3.2.3-11+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |