Out-of-bounds Read Affecting busybox package, versions [0,1.34.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BUSYBOX-2327384
  • published29 Dec 2021
  • disclosed15 Nov 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-42374  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade busybox to version 1.34.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. An out-of-bounds heap read in Busybox's unlzma applet leads to information leak and denial of service when crafted LZMA-compressed input is decompressed. This can be triggered by any applet/format that

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