CVE-2017-15874

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201803-12

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c en BusyBox 1.27.2 tiene un subdesbordamiento de enteros que da lugar a una infracción de acceso de lectura.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BusyBox, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Versions less than 1.28.0 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-10-24 CVE Reserved
2017-10-24 CVE Published
2025-06-09 CVE Updated
2025-06-09 First Exploit
2025-06-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10436	2025-06-09

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Busybox Search vendor "Busybox"		Busybox Search vendor "Busybox" for product "Busybox"				1.27.2 Search vendor "Busybox" for product "Busybox" and version "1.27.2"		-		Affected