CVE-2014-7912
mediumpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The get_option function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 6.2.0, as used in dhcpcd 5.x in Android before 5.1 and other products, does not validate the relationship between length fields and the amount of data, which allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large length value of an option in a DHCPACK message.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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- vaginessa/cve-2014-7912exp for cve-2014-7911 which can get system privillagePoC · poc_in_github
affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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references (8)
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- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-093/cnnvd
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/73c09dd8067250734511d955d8f792b41c7213f0cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033124enisa_euvd
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-093/enisa_euvd
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/73c09dd8067250734511d955d8f792b41c7213f0enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033124nvd
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-093/nvd
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/73c09dd8067250734511d955d8f792b41c7213f0nvd
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