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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.37%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.37% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
busybox/busybox · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.