CVE-2021-28831 (GCVE-0-2021-28831)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-19 04:01 – Updated: 2025-12-17 21:57
VLAI?
Summary
decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox through 1.32.1 mishandles the error bit on the huft_build result pointer, with a resultant invalid free or segmentation fault, via malformed gzip data.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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