NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting isc-dhcp package, versions <4.4.3-2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ISCDHCP-18751722
  • published13 Aug 2026
  • disclosed7 Oct 2022

Introduced: 7 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-2928  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest isc-dhcp to version 4.4.3-2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream isc-dhcp package and not the isc-dhcp package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

In ISC DHCP 4.4.0 -> 4.4.3, ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 -> 4.1-ESV-R16-P1, when the function option_code_hash_lookup() is called from add_option(), it increases the option's refcount field. However, there is not a corresponding call to option_dereference() to decrement the refcount field. The function add_option() is only used in server responses to lease query packets. Each lease query response calls this function for several options, so eventually, the reference counters could overflow and cause the server to abort.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1