CVE-2019-11579: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 contains a 1-byte read overflow with DHO_OPTSOVERLOADED.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd: before 7.2.1 (fixed in 7.2.1)

Published 2019-04-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.