A vulnerability was determined in dnsmasq up to 2.73rc6. Affected by this issue is the function parse_dhcp_opt of the file src/option.c of the component Config File Handler. This manipulation of the argument m causes null pointer dereference. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Description A vulnerability was determined in dnsmasq up to 2.73rc6. Affected by this issue is the function parse_dhcp_opt of the file src/option.c of the component Config File Handler. This manipulation of the argument m causes null pointer dereference. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title dnsmasq Config File option.c parse_dhcp_opt null pointer dereference
Weaknesses CWE-404
CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-27T01:07:44.551Z

Reserved: 2025-10-25T06:22:04.063Z

Link: CVE-2025-12200

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-27T01:15:39.937

Modified: 2025-10-27T01:15:39.937

Link: CVE-2025-12200

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