busybox: Integer underflow in archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c
Published Oct 24, 2017
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.90%
Description
archival/libarchive/decompress_unlzma.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Underflow that leads to a read access violation.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
busybox
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
busybox
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
busybox
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | busybox | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | busybox | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | busybox | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Jun 9, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.90% (0.00902) | 58.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.90% (0.00902) | 58.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 29.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 28.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 26.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (5)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15874 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10436 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1515286 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15874
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15874
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15874 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=10436 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1515286 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15874 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15874 |
Change history (0)
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