CVE-2016-2148
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 27.1% (pctl 98)
Patch early
EPSS 27.1% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 27.11% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-02-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| busybox | busybox |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16
- https://busybox.net/news.html
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16
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