CVE-2026-29004CWE-122

BusyBox DHCPv6 Client Heap Buffer Overflow via DNS_SERVERS

High · published May 4, 2026

CVSS v4.0
7.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

BusyBox before commit 42202bf contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the DHCPv6 client (udhcpc6) DNS_SERVERS option handler in networking/udhcp/d6_dhcpc.c that allows network-adjacent attackers to trigger memory corruption by sending a crafted DHCPv6 response with a malformed D6_OPT_DNS_SERVERS option. Attackers can exploit incorrect heap buffer allocation calculations in the option_to_env() function to cause denial of service or achieve arbitrary code execution on embedded systems without heap hardening.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00620 · 49.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-05-04T18:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 MAY 18:05Z
    BusyBox DHCPv6 Client Heap Buffer Overflow via DNS_SERVERS
    cvelistv5