Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-2148

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.
Published 2017-02-09 15:59:01
Updated 2021-02-22 18:34:30
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Overflow

Threat overview for CVE-2016-2148

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2016-2148
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2016-2148 821,605
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-2148

EPSS FAQ
1.92%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 87 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-2148

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
 NIST
9.8
 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2016-2148

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-2148

Products affected by CVE-2016-2148

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