Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 24, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-15873

Description

The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that may lead to a write access violation.

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Affected products

Busybox/Busybox2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.27.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.27.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =1.27.2
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords35 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/busybox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/busybox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4 pkg:rpm/opensuse/busybox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox-kmp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209 pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 1.34.1-4.9.1+ 34 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.34-lp153.2.27.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.34-lp153.2.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/nvdThird Party Advisory

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