CVE catalog
CVE-2016-1503
dhcpcd5: CVE-2016-1503
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 6.34% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dhcpcd5 | bookworm | 9.4.1-24~deb12u5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 5.5.6-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 6.0.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 6.0.5-1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 6.0.5-2build0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dhcpcd5 | source | bookworm | 6.10.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [810621] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [dhcpcd5]Fixed
Source package: [dhcpcd]
Details (4)
9.4.1-24~deb12u5· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.10.1-1dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · 12
9.4.1-24~deb12u5· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.10.1-1dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · 12
1:10.1.0-11~bpo12+3· all · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
6.10.1-1dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · 12
1:10.1.0-11~bpo12+3· all · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
6.10.1-1dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · 12
Observed: