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CVE-2016-2147
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-09T15:59:00.893 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:43:31.833

Summary

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.

Affected products

busybox — busybox

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References

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