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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.