DHCP memory leak (ISC ISC DHCP)

CVE-2022-2929

MEDIUM 6.5

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 0.66 % · percentile 52 (2026-10-30)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2022-10-07 04:45 UTC
Updated: 2024-09-16 18:28 UTC
Assigner: isc
NVD status: Modified

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Description

In ISC DHCP 1.0 -> 4.4.3, ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 -> 4.1-ESV-R16-P1 a system with access to a DHCP server, sending DHCP packets crafted to include fqdn labels longer than 63 bytes, could eventually cause the server to run out of memory.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	isc
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · security-officer@isc.org (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-35152
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-2929

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 1.0.0 < 4.1-esv
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 4.2.0 ≤ 4.4.3
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r10_b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r10_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r10b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r10rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r11_b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r11_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r11_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r11b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r11rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r11rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r12-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r12_b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r12_p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r12b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r13_b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r13b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r14_b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r14b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r15-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r15_b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r16:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r16-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
ISC · ISC DHCP	affected 1.0 through versions before 4.1-ESV-R16-P2 ; affected 4.2 through versions before 4.4.3.-P1

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

🟡 DHCP memory leak (ISC ISC DHCP)