CVE-2018-1000517 describes a critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the BusyBox wget utility, affecting versions prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e across various BusyBox and associated Linux distributions. This flaw, rated 9.8 Critical, is remotely exploitable over the network without requiring user interaction or privileges, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. The vulnerability has been addressed in later BusyBox versions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.29.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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