Medium severity · published Oct 24, 2017
CVE-2017-15874
archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Underflow that leads to a read access violation
5.0
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Underflow that leads to a read access violation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 60% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BU
Busybox · Busybox
1.27.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15874
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15874
Exploit
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10436
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