CVE-2014-7913: Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd: up to and including 6.9.0

Published 2015-07-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.