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CVE-2016-1503

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 6.34%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-18 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects Android. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2016-1503
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.34%
Android

Original NVD Description

dhcpcd before 6.10.0, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 and other products, mismanages option lengths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a malformed DHCP response, aka internal bug 26461634.