ghsa-7w53-225r-6vxv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 17:44
Modified
2025-11-03 21:30
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-28831"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-755"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-03-19T05:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-7w53-225r-6vxv",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:30:31Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T17:44:57Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28831"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=f25d254dfd4243698c31a4f3153d4ac72aa9e9bd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00012.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UDQGJRECXFS5EZVDH2OI45FMO436AC4"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7ZIFKPRR32ZYA3WAA2NXFA3QHHOU6FJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UDQGJRECXFS5EZVDH2OI45FMO436AC4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7ZIFKPRR32ZYA3WAA2NXFA3QHHOU6FJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-09"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250509-0005"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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