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CVE-2018-1000517 in the critical feed json

BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in B…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-1914

cvss
8.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
32.5%
EPSS 32.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • busybox busybox 1.29.0
  • busybox Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.27.2-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000517

  • busybox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
  • busybox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
  • busybox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000517

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  • busybox SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +18 more 1.35.0-150000.4.14.1
  • busybox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +5 more 1.35.0-4.3.1
  • busybox SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 1.35.0-150400.3.3.1
  • busybox SLES 15 SP2-BCL, SLES 15 SP1-BCL, SLE Real Time 15 SP2 +18 more 1.34.1-4.9.1
  • busybox SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +9 more 1.26.2-4.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4260-1SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1SUSE-SU-2022:0135-2SUSE-SU-2022:0135-1SUSE-SU-2021:3531-1

  • busybox openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.35.0-1.1
  • busybox openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.34.1-4.9.1
  • virtualbox openSUSE Leap 15.3 6.1.34-lp153.2.27.2
  • virtualbox-kmp openSUSE Leap 15.3 6.1.34-lp153.2.27.1
  • busybox openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.26.2-lp152.5.3.1
  • busybox openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.26.2-4.5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11738-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0135-1openSUSE-SU-2021:1408-1openSUSE-SU-2021:3531-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1000517 updated cvss 5.6

busybox: wget: Heap-based buffer overflow in the retrieve_file_data() function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 busybox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 busybox, busybox-petitboot
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

32.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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