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CVE-2018-1000517

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Busybox wget that can result in heap buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published6/26/2018

Last Modified6/9/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

busybox:busyboxcanonical:ubuntu_linuxdebian:debian_linux

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120CWE-120

References

https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/(cve@mitre.org)

https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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