CVE-2024-58251 — Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences in Busybox

CWE-150 — Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences5 documents5 sources
Severity
2.5LOWNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.59%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
13
BusyboxDebian BusyboxMsrc Azl3 Busybox 1.36.1-14 ON Azure Linux 3.0+10 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 23

Description

In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0] containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when netstat is used by a victim.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages14 packages

▶debiandebian/busybox< busybox 1:1.37.0-9 (forky)
▶Debianbusybox/busybox< 1:1.37.0-9
▶CVEListV5busybox/busybox1.37.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2024-58251: In netstat in BusyBox through 1↗2025-04-23
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GHSA
GHSA-rrv5-483w-xmr9: In netstat in BusyBox through 1↗2025-04-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Microsoft
In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0] containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) whe↗2025-04-08
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Debian
CVE-2024-58251: busybox - In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network applicat...↗2024
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