VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-2928

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.71%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-10-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In ISC DHCP 4.4.0 -> 4.4.3, ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 -> 4.1-ESV-R16-P1, when the function option_code_hash_lookup() is called from add_option(), it increases the option's refcount field. However, there is not a corresponding call to option_dereference() to decrement the refcount field. The function add_option() is only used in server responses to lease query packets. Each lease query response calls this function for several options, so eventually, the reference counters could overflow and cause the server to abort.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references