CVE-2016-2147
BusyBox DHCP Client Heap Overflow
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 9, 2017, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 18, 2021, 2:46 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2147
vulnerability.
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CVE-2016-2147 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2016-2147 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 18, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 15, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 27, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 04, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 28, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 15, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch Changed Reference Type https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=d474ffc68290e0a83651c4432eeabfa62cd51e87 No Types Assigned https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=d474ffc68290e0a83651c4432eeabfa62cd51e87 Vendor Advisory, Patch Changed Reference Type https://busybox.net/news.html No Types Assigned https://busybox.net/news.html Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-190 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.24.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2147 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2147
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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10.27 }} 1.50%
score
0.95132
percentile