Critical severity9.8OSV Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1503
CVE-2016-1503
Description
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.
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Affected products
25v3.2.3, v4.0.2, v4.0.3, …+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: v3.2.3, v4.0.2, v4.0.3, …
- cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.9.4
- (no CPE)range: <6.10.0
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 21 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601nvd
- android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09nvd
- h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplaynvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07nvd
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