CVE-2023-50432

Published: Apr 29, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

simple-dhcp-server through ec976d2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending a DHCP packet without any option fields, which causes free_packet in dhcp_packet.c to dereference a NULL pointer.

Related CWEs

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (2)

https://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/esorics2024.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/esorics2024.pdf

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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