Integer Underflow Affecting busybox package, versions <1:1.27.2-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BUSYBOX-5676099
  • published24 Oct 2017
  • disclosed24 Oct 2017

Introduced: 24 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15874  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-191  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 busybox to version 1:1.27.2-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox package and not the busybox package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Underflow that leads to a read access violation.