CVE-2014-7913

The print_option function in dhcp-common.c in dhcpcd through 6.9.1, as used in dhcp.c in dhcpcd 5.x in Android before 5.1 and other products, misinterprets the return value of the snprintf function, which allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted 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-2014-7913 is rated Moderate Risk (54.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.84%). EPSS rose +1.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-7913

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 2026-06-15 0.81% 1.84% +1.03%
2 2026-05-12 0.57% 0.81% +0.23%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.57% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-7913

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-2014-7913

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-7913

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2014-7913 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dhcpcd5), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7913
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-7913 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (dhcpcd, dhcpcd5), 50 status rows across 25 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 22, not-affected 16, ignored 8, needed 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7913

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-7913

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dhcpcd_project dhcpcd <= 6.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-7913

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