CVE-2020-7461

Published Mar 26, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.3 High EPSS 4.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r365010, 11.4-STABLE before r365011, 12.1-RELEASE before p9, 11.4-RELEASE before p3, and 11.3-RELEASE before p13, dhclient(8) fails to handle certain malformed input related to handling of DHCP option 119 resulting a heap overflow. The heap overflow could in principle be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The affected process runs with reduced privileges in a Capsicum sandbox, limiting the immediate impact of an exploit.

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
freebsd
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 9:25 AM
Reserved
Jan 21, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 26, 2021, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:24 AM