CVE-2026-29004 PUBLISHED

BusyBox DHCPv6 Client Heap Buffer Overflow via DNS_SERVERS

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 03.03.2026 Published: 04.05.2026 Updated: 04.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Vendor vda-linux
Product busybox_mirror
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 42202bfb1e6ac51fa995beda8be4d7b654aeee2a (excl.)

Credits

  • Kazuma Matsumoto, a security researcher at GMO Cybersecurity by IERAE, Inc. finder
  • VulnCheck finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE