CVE-2014-7912

The get_option function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 6.2.0, as used in dhcpcd 5.x in Android before 5.1 and other products, does not validate the relationship between length fields and the amount of data, which allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large length value of an option in a DHCPACK message.

Published: 2015-07-30 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-7912 is rated Moderate Risk (53.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.80%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7912

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-12 0.53% 0.80% +0.28%
2 2025-03-30 0.80% 0.53% -0.28%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.80% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7912

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-7912

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-7912

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-7912 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dhcpcd5), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7912
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-7912 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (dhcpcd, dhcpcd5), 42 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 18, not-affected 17, ignored 4, needed 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7912

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7912

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dhcpcd_project dhcpcd <= 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7912

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