CVE-2016-2148

critical
Published 2017-02-09 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2148

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=352f79acbd759c14399e39baef21fc4ffe180ac2

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://busybox.net/news.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/11/16

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2148.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:1.27.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:1.27.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:1.27.2-1
debian debiansidfixed1:1.27.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:1.27.2-1
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu18.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu18.10affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
busyboxbusybox{"endIncluding":"1.24.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.