CVE-2018-5732
dhcp: Buffer overflow in dhclient possibly allowing code execution triggered by malicious server
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · February 28, 2018
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
An out-of-bound memory access flaw was found in the way dhclient processed a DHCP response packet. A malicious DHCP server could potentially use this flaw to crash dhclient processes running on DHCP client machines via a crafted DHCP response packet.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer