CVE-2016-1503 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via malformed DHCP responses due to heap-based buffer overflow in dhcpcd.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-1503?
CVE-2016-1503 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 18 Apr 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1503?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd, Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1503?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-1503 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1503 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
- CVE-2019-11577 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2016-1504 dhcpcd before 6.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via vectors related to the option length.
- CVE-2026-56116 dhcpcd Memory Leak DoS via IPv6 Router Advertisement Handling
- CVE-2014-7912 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2014-7913 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1503, GHSA-mj6m-r9v5-hhc6, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1503.