CVE-2021-28831

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

El archivo decompress_gunzip.c en BusyBox versiones hasta 1.32.1, maneja inapropiadamente el bit de error en el puntero de resultado de huft_build, con un fallo liberación invalida o de segmentación resultante, por medio de datos gzip malformados

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-03-19 CVE Reserved
2021-03-19 CVE Published
2024-04-21 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-755: Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00001.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=f25d254dfd4243698c31a4f3153d4ac72aa9e9bd	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UDQGJRECXFS5EZVDH2OI45FMO436AC4	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7ZIFKPRR32ZYA3WAA2NXFA3QHHOU6FJ	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZASBW7QRRLY5V2R44MQ4QQM4CZIDHM2U	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-09	2023-11-07

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"				>= 1.32.0 <= 1.32.1 Search vendor "Busybox" for product "Busybox" and version " >= 1.32.0 <= 1.32.1"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				32 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "32"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				34 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "34"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected