CVE-2026-71401

wicked: integer underflow of the UDP length in ni_capture_inspect_udp_header() leads to an out-of-bounds read

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Aug 27, 2026
Updated
Aug 27, 2026
Reserved
Aug 6, 2026

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Description

An integer underflow was found in the DHCPv4 packet capture code of wicked. ni_capture_inspect_udp_header() in src/capture.c does not verify that the IP total length field (ip_len) is at least as large as the IP header length (ihl) before subtracting the header length. An unauthenticated attacker on the same network can thereby trigger an out-of-bounds read past the receive buffer in the wicked DHCPv4 client (wickedd-dhcp4), which can crash the daemon depending on the process memory layout. No information disclosure has been demonstrated. This issue affects wicked up to and including version 0.6.80.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.05.3 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nsuse

Weaknesses

  • CWE-191 Integer underflow (wrap or wraparound)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wickedSUSE
  • 0.6.80 and earlierAffected

References

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