CVE-2016-2147

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 9, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-2147: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix