Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-5733

Title: Isc Dhcp Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2018-5733.

CWE Category CWE-190
Published Date Jan 16, 2019
Modified Date Apr 25, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
14.48%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-5733: A malicious client which is allowed to send very large amounts of traffic (billions of packets) to a DHCP server can eventually overflow a 32-bit reference counter, potentially causing dhcpd to crash. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103188 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040437 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0469 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0483 https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01567 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00015.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3586-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3586-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4133 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103188 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040437 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0469 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0483 https://kb.isc.org/docs/aa-01567 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00015.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250425-0010/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3586-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3586-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4133
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-5733 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.