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CVE-2016-1504

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1504 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in dhcpcd versions prior to 6.10.0, allowing remote attackers to crash the service via malformed option lengths. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0290 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

roy.marples.name / projects/dhcpcd/info/595883e2a431f65d8fabf33059aa4689cca17403
PatchVendor Advisory
roy.marples.name / projects/dhcpcd/timeline
Release NotesVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201606-07
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1034601