CVE-2018-1000517 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Busybox

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow11 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
16.1%
top 5.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
BusyboxDebian BusyboxCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 26
Latest updateNov 6

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/busybox< busybox 1:1.27.2-3 (bookworm)
▶NVDbusybox/busybox< 1.29.0
▶Debianbusybox/busybox< 1:1.27.2-3+3
▶Ubuntubusybox/busybox< 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

Patches

Patch: git.busybox.net ↗Patch: git.busybox.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-m9j3-9rqj-pg6p: BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Busybox wget↗2022-05-13
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OSV
busybox vulnerabilities↗2019-04-03
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OSV
CVE-2018-1000517: BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Busybox wget↗2018-06-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
BusyBox vulnerabilities↗2019-04-03
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Red Hat
busybox: wget: Heap-based buffer overflow in the retrieve_file_data() function↗2018-04-08
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Debian
CVE-2018-1000517: busybox - BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1...↗2018
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
MIRAGE: Multi-Binary Image Risk Assessment with Attack Graph Employment↗2023-11-06
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000517 busybox: wget: Heap-based buffer overflow in the retrieve_file_data() function [fedora-all]↗2018-06-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000517 busybox: wget: Heap-based buffer overflow in the retrieve_file_data() function↗2018-06-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000517 wget: Heap-based buffer overflow in the retrieve_file_data() function [fedora-all]↗2018-06-27
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