CVE-2017-15873
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that may lead to a write access violation.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.27.2-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.27.2-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.27.2-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.27.2-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:1.27.2-2 |
| sles | affected | | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 18.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 18.10 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| busybox | busybox | 1.27.2 | |
References
- https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10431
- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0402cb32df015d9372578e3db27db47b33d5c7b0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15873
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15873.html
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.