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CVE-2016-2148

busybox: heap-based buffer overflow in OPTION_6RD parsing

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (low).

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving OPTION_6RD parsing.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.4busybox1.24.2-r0
debian 11busybox1:1.27.2-1
debian 12busybox1:1.27.2-1
debian 13busybox1:1.27.2-1
debian 14busybox1:1.27.2-1
debian 7busyboxno fix listed
debian 8busybox1:1.22.0-9+deb8u2
debian 9busybox1:1.22.0-19+deb9u1
echobusybox1:1.27.2-1
Red Hatbusybox, busybox-petitbootno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04busybox1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
ubuntu 14.04-ESMbusybox1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
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SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.4busybox1.24.2-r0
debian 11busybox1:1.27.2-1
debian 12busybox1:1.27.2-1
debian 13busybox1:1.27.2-1
debian 14busybox1:1.27.2-1
debian 7busyboxno fix listed
debian 8busybox1:1.22.0-9+deb8u2
debian 9busybox1:1.22.0-19+deb9u1
echobusybox1:1.27.2-1
Red Hatbusyboxno fix listed
Red Hatbusybox-petitbootno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04busybox1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
ubuntu 14.04-ESMbusybox1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
ubuntu 16.04busybox1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
ubuntu 16.04-ESMbusybox1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4

References

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