CVE-2015-9261 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Busybox

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-682 — Incorrect CalculationCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read10 documents9 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
BusyboxDebian BusyboxCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 26
Latest updateDec 29

Description

huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox before 1.27.2 misuses a pointer, causing segfaults and an application crash during an unzip operation on a specially crafted ZIP file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/busybox< busybox 1:1.27.2-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDbusybox/busybox< 1.27.2
▶Debianbusybox/busybox< 1:1.27.2-1+3
▶Ubuntubusybox/busybox< 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04

Patches

Patch: bugs.debian.org ↗Patch: git.busybox.net ↗Patch: bugs.debian.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4ph6-v858-6wh9: huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip↗2022-05-13
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OSV
busybox vulnerabilities↗2019-04-03
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OSV
CVE-2015-9261: huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip↗2018-07-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
CISA ICS
Advantech Spectre RT Industrial Routers↗2021-02-23
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Ubuntu
BusyBox vulnerabilities↗2019-04-03
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Red Hat
busybox: Segmentation fault when unzipping specially crafted zip file↗2015-10-25
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Debian
CVE-2015-9261: busybox - huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox before 1.27.2 m...↗2015
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
One Bad Apple Spoils the Barrel: Understanding the Security Risks Introduced by Third-Party Components in IoT Firmware↗2022-12-29
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-9261 busybox: Segmentation fault when unzipping specially crafted zip file↗2015-10-29
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