CVE-2021-288317.5HighCWE-755
CVE-2021-28831: Busybox vulnerability
Vendor fix available · Affected: Busybox · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
2.7%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
86th percentile
050100
Higher than 86% of scored CVEs
7.5HighCVSS 3.1
LowMediumHighCrit.
DescriptionCVE.org
decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox through 1.32.1 mishandles the error bit on the huft_build result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segmentation fault, via malformed gzip data.
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Busybox
- Published
- March 2021
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-755cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisorylists.fedoraproject.org
- Vendor advisorylists.fedoraproject.org
- Vendor advisorylists.fedoraproject.org
- Vendor advisorysecurity.gentoo.org
- git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=f25d254dfd4243698c31a4f3153d4git.busybox.net
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250509-0005security.netapp.com
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00012.htmllists.debian.org
- Mailing listlists.debian.org