CVE-2011-0996
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD
dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1007)
- Published
- April 13, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1007 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- roy marples / dhcpcd
References
- http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2011/0326.html
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/changeset/c317b39786ac6c3a939dc711db7c78cf099859fd(Patch)
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44070(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-04.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47272
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675052
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66641
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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