odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. Prior to version 25.12, odhcpd's DHCPv6 IA response handler writes past the end of a fixed 512-byte stack buffer (pdbuf) when a single DHCPv6 REQUEST carries enough IA options to nearly exhaust the reply space. Two independent overflow sites exist in the same call chain, both reachable from the network via a single unauthenticated UDP packet. odhcpd runs as root on OpenWrt; embedded targets often lack stack canaries and ASLR, making code execution realistic. This issue has been patched in version 25.12.
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| Description | odhcpd is the DHCPv6, DHCPv4, and router-advertisement server used by OpenWrt. Prior to version 25.12, odhcpd's DHCPv6 IA response handler writes past the end of a fixed 512-byte stack buffer (pdbuf) when a single DHCPv6 REQUEST carries enough IA options to nearly exhaust the reply space. Two independent overflow sites exist in the same call chain, both reachable from the network via a single unauthenticated UDP packet. odhcpd runs as root on OpenWrt; embedded targets often lack stack canaries and ASLR, making code execution realistic. This issue has been patched in version 25.12. | |
| Title | odhcpd: Stack buffer overflow in DHCPv6 IA reply serialization (2 independent sites) | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-121 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-23T13:20:30.249Z
Reserved: 2026-06-11T15:46:12.316Z
Link: CVE-2026-53921
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-23T14:17:53.710
Modified: 2026-10-23T14:17:53.710
Link: CVE-2026-53921
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Updated: 2026-10-23T16:15:17Z
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