CVE-2026-42512
Published: Apr 30, 2026
Modified: May 1, 2026
Description
As dhclient is building an environment to pass to dhclient-script, it may need to resize the array of string pointers. The code which expands the array incorrectly calculates its new size when requesting memory, resulting in a heap buffer overrun. A specially crafted packet can cause dhclient to overrun its buffer of environment entries. This can result in a crash, but it may be possible to leverage this bug to achieve remote code execution.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
FreeBSD | FreeBSD | affected 15.0-RELEASE - < p7affected 14.4-RELEASE - < p3affected 14.3-RELEASE - < p12affected 13.5-RELEASE - < p13 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
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