CVE-2017-15873

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    CVE-2017-15873

    Published: 24 Oct 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/, https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10431, https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=0402cb32df015d9372578e3db27db47b33d5c7b0

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 81e26c4b8ed2d3f9e65c39d583b9daf3082b2ab7
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.27.2

    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