CVE-2021-28831
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28831
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-28831.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-28831
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2021-03-19T05:15:13Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-14T18:08:10.635923Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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decompressgunzip.c in BusyBox through 1.32.1 mishandles the error bit on the huftbuild result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segmentation fault, via malformed gzip data.
- References
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- https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=f25d254dfd4243698c31a4f3153d4ac72aa9e9bd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00001.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-09
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250509-0005/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UDQGJRECXFS5EZVDH2OI45FMO436AC4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7ZIFKPRR32ZYA3WAA2NXFA3QHHOU6FJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZASBW7QRRLY5V2R44MQ4QQM4CZIDHM2U/