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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-10773
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Published At-01 Aug, 2026 | 13:16
Updated At-01 Aug, 2026 | 13:16

The DHCPv4 client helper net_dhcpv4_msg_type_name() in subsys/net/lib/dhcpv4/dhcpv4.c indexes a static 8-element const char * name table after a faulty bounds check. The guard used msg_type <= sizeof(name) instead of msg_type <= ARRAY_SIZE(name); sizeof returns the byte size of the pointer array (32 on 32-bit, 64 on 64-bit targets) rather than the element count of 8, so message-type values from 9 up to that byte size pass the check and cause name[msg_type - 1] to read past the end of the array. The msg_type value originates from the DHCP MESSAGE TYPE option, which is read as an unchecked raw byte from a received packet (net_pkt_read_u8) and passed unmodified into the lookup. A DHCP server, or any host able to inject a spoofed DHCP reply onto the client's link, can therefore drive the index out of bounds. The out-of-range slot yields a garbage const char * that is then dereferenced by a %s log conversion. The lookup is reached only from a debug log statement (NET_DBG / LOG_DBG), so the out-of-bounds read is triggerable only when the DHCPv4 log module is built at DEBUG level (CONFIG_NET_DHCPV4_LOG_LEVEL_DBG), which is not the default configuration. When that condition holds, the result is an out-of-bounds read and a wild-pointer dereference: most likely a crash of the DHCP client (denial of service) and potentially disclosure of an adjacent pointer's contents through the log output. The fix replaces sizeof with ARRAY_SIZE, restoring the correct 1..8 acceptance window.

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Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Secondary3.15.4MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
Type: Secondary
Version: 3.1
Base score: 5.4
Base severity: MEDIUM
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CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
CPE Matches

Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-125Secondaryvulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org
CWE-682Secondaryvulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org
CWE ID: CWE-125
Type: Secondary
Source: vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org
CWE ID: CWE-682
Type: Secondary
Source: vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org
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https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/73c8a7df4f00088fc04ee5ab71bcabf47fcd3db7vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org
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https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-r5hq-xq42-wcfqvulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/commit/73c8a7df4f00088fc04ee5ab71bcabf47fcd3db7
Source: vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/security/advisories/GHSA-r5hq-xq42-wcfq
Source: vulnerabilities@zephyrproject.org
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