CVE-2017-15873

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Published 2017-10-24 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
18.10	Affected	—
18.04	Affected	—
16.04	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1:1.27.2-2`
sid	Fixed	`1:1.27.2-2`
forky	Fixed	`1:1.27.2-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`1:1.27.2-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`1:1.27.2-2`
9.0	Affected	—
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
busybox	busybox	`1.27.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-190

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.