{"id":"CVE-2022-28391","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-28391","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:53:36.187Z","title":"BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's value to a VT compatible terminal.","description":"BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's value to a VT compatible terminal. Alternatively, the attacker could choose to change the terminal's colors.","published":"2022-04-03T21:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:38:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-88"],"affected":["busybox/busybox"],"epss":{"score":0.03521,"percentile":0.89146,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0001-libbb-sockaddr2str-ensure-only-printable-characters-.patch","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0002-nslookup-sanitize-all-printed-strings-with-printable.patch","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13661","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0001-libbb-sockaddr2str-ensure-only-printable-characters-.patch","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0002-nslookup-sanitize-all-printed-strings-with-printable.patch","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13661","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28391","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}