CVE-2014-6060: Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The get_option function in dhcpcd 4.0.0 through 6.x before 6.4.3 allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service by resetting the DHO_OPTIONSOVERLOADED option in the (1) bootfile or (2) servername section, which triggers the option to be processed again.

Affected products

• Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd: version 4.0.0 only; version 4.0.1 only; version 4.0.2 only; version 4.0.3 only; version 4.0.4 only; version 4.0.5 only; …
• Google Android: up to and including 4.4.3

Published 2014-09-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.