CVE-2012-2152: Roy Marples Dhcpcd

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_packet method in socket.c in dhcpcd 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long packet.

Affected products

• Roy Marples Dhcpcd: version 3.2.3 only

Published 2012-07-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.