The vulnerability of the BOOTP File Handler component in the FreeBSD operating system allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

The vulnerability of the BOOTP File Handler component in the FreeBSD operating system is related to insufficient validation of input data. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges...

CVE-2026-42511 Remote code execution via malicious DHCP options

The BOOTP file field is written to the lease file without escaping embedded double-quotes, allowing injection of arbitrary dhclient.conf directives. When the lease file is subsequently re-parsed by dhclient, e.g., after a system restart, an attacker-controlled field from the lease is passed to...

tcpdump buffer overflow vulnerability (CNVD-2017-02288)

tcpdump is a set of sniffing tools developed by the Tcpdump team that run under the command line. The tool allows users to intercept and display TCP/IP and other packets sent or received over a network connection to that computer. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the bootpprint function ...