CVE-2021-28831

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28831.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-28831

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202103-11

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202103-12

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:1.35.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:1.30.1-6+deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed1:1.35.0-1
debian debiansidfixed1:1.35.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:1.35.0-1
arch archfixed1.32.1-4
suse slesaffected

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.