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Vulnerability details: VCID-u8nw-6356-aaap
Vulnerability ID VCID-u8nw-6356-aaap
Aliases CVE-2017-15873
Summary The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that may lead to a write access violation.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-15873.html
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generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15873
cvssv2 6.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 7.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0402cb32df015d9372578e3db27db47b33d5c7b0
ssvc Track https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0402cb32df015d9372578e3db27db47b33d5c7b0
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ssvc Track https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
ssvc Track https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15873
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15873
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cvssv3.1 5.5 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
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generic_textual Low https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3935-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-15873.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-15873.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15873
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10431
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15873
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0402cb32df015d9372578e3db27db47b33d5c7b0
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3935-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3935-1
1515249 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1515249
879732 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879732
cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.27.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.27.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-15873 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15873
GLSA-201803-12 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-12
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-15873.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10431
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:26:38Z/ Found at https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10431
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0402cb32df015d9372578e3db27db47b33d5c7b0
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:26:38Z/ Found at https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0402cb32df015d9372578e3db27db47b33d5c7b0
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:26:38Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:26:38Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15873
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

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not_defined

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15873
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15873
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:26:38Z/ Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.38247
EPSS Score 0.00086
Published At Dec. 17, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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