CVE-2023-50433

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CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p23

Published

Apr 29, 2024 (Apr 29, 2024)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

marshall in dhcp_packet.c in simple-dhcp-server through ec976d2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malicious DHCP packet. The crash is caused by a type confusion bug that results in a large memory allocation; when this memory allocation fails the DHCP server will crash.

Weakness: CWE-843
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.3%)

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