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CRITICAL
CVE-2016-2148
BusyBox Udhcpc Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 9, 2017, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:47 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-2148 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2148 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Busybox busybox
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-2148.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://busybox.net/news.html Vendor Advisory
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://busybox.net/news.html Vendor Advisory
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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okostine-panw/pc_scripts

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Python

Updated: 4 weeks ago
0 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
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smclinden/clairctl

Fork of the clairCtl utility

Go HTML Shell

Updated: 4 years, 9 months ago
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jamesz2011/clairctl

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Go HTML Shell

Updated: 6 years, 9 months ago
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jgsqware/clairctl

Tracking container vulnerabilities with Clair Control for CoreOS Clair

Go HTML Shell

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
229 stars 79 fork 79 watcher
Born at : Oct. 26, 2016, 6:25 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-2148 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2148 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16
    Added Reference https://busybox.net/news.html
    Added Reference https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-04
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2 No Types Assigned https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2 Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://busybox.net/news.html No Types Assigned https://busybox.net/news.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.24.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

16.92 }} -8.87%

score

0.94435

percentile

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