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CVE-2022-48174

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48174 is a critical stack overflow vulnerability in BusyBox versions prior to 1.35, specifically affecting the ash shell component. This flaw, identified as CWE-787, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution, particularly in Internet of Vehicles environments. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.36.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0313 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 busybox 1.35.0-13 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 1.35.0-13
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 busybox 1.35.0-14 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 1.35.0-13
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 busybox 1.36.1-13 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 1.36.1-14
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19516-16823Fixed in: 1.35.0-13
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20103-17086Fixed in: 1.35.0-13
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 20153-17084Fixed in: 1.36.1-14
nodejspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
pjsippatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle SupportFixed in: busybox-1:1.15.1-21.el6_10.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (4)

nodejsllm-nodejs-302528ae26f0d946CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP4 Security Updates

Oct 29, 2024
pjsipllm-pjsip-7ba3ec379210ac70CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP4 Security Updates

Oct 29, 2024
redhatCVE-2022-48174Important

busybox: stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c leads to arbitrary code execution

Aug 22, 2023
microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2022-48174Critical

There is a stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c:6030 in busybox before 1.35. In the environment of Internet of Vehicles, this vulnerability can be executed from command to arbitrary code execution.

Aug 8, 2023

References

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-089022.html
cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/html/ssa-585531.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00012.html
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20241129-0001
Third Party Advisory
bugs.busybox.net / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory