CVE-2026-42512
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
Remotely triggerable out-of-bounds heap write in dhclient
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.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
FreeBSD
- Vendor
- FreeBSD
- Product
- FreeBSD
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.0-RELEASE | affected | release | p7 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 14.4-RELEASE | affected | release | p3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 14.3-RELEASE | affected | release | p12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 13.5-RELEASE | affected | release | p13 | Unavailable | None listed |