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    CVE-2021-28831

    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.

    Published:Mar 12, 2021
    Last Modified:Dec 17, 2025
    EPS:Mar 19, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.01019
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Busybox
    Product
    Busybox
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=f25d254dfd4243698c31a4f3153d4ac72aa9e9bd
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00001.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UDQGJRECXFS5EZVDH2OI45FMO436AC4/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7ZIFKPRR32ZYA3WAA2NXFA3QHHOU6FJ/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZASBW7QRRLY5V2R44MQ4QQM4CZIDHM2U/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-09
    https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=f25d254dfd4243698c31a4f3153d4ac72aa9e9bd
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00001.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00012.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UDQGJRECXFS5EZVDH2OI45FMO436AC4/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7ZIFKPRR32ZYA3WAA2NXFA3QHHOU6FJ/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZASBW7QRRLY5V2R44MQ4QQM4CZIDHM2U/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-09
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250509-0005/

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