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    CVE-2015-9261

    huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox before 1.27.2 misuses a pointer, causing segfaults and an application crash during an unzip operation on a specially crafted ZIP file.

    Published:Oct 25, 2015
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 26, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00257
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Busybox
    Product
    Busybox
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/3https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/3https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-128 Integer Attacks
    CAPEC-129 Pointer Manipulation
    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

    Related CVEs

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    References

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/3
    https://bugs.debian.org/803097
    https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=1de25a6e87e0e627aa34298105a3d17c60a1f44e
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167552/Nexans-FTTO-GigaSwitch-Outdated-Components-Hardcoded-Backdoor.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Jun/36
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/25/3
    https://bugs.debian.org/803097
    https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=1de25a6e87e0e627aa34298105a3d17c60a1f44e
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
    https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High