CVE-2021-28831

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox through 1.32.1 mishandles the error bit on the huft_build result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segmentation fault, via malformed gzip data.

EPSS Score⁠: 0.01019 (0.768)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-755⁠

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

ADVISORY - redhat

CWE-763⁠

Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

Impacted images

Advisories

NIST

CREATED

5 years ago

UPDATED

1 month ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2021-28831⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-755⁠

CVSS SCORE

7.5high

Alpine

CREATED

5 years ago

UPDATED

4 days ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2021-28831⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Debian

CREATED

5 years ago

UPDATED

26 days ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2021-28831⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Ubuntu

CREATED

5 years ago

UPDATED

10 months ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2021-28831⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

7.5low

Amazon

CREATED

5 years ago

UPDATED

5 years ago

ADVISORY IDALAS-2021-1496⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Red Hat

CREATED

5 years ago

UPDATED

20 days ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2021-28831⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-763⁠

CVSS SCORE

7.5medium