CVE catalog
CVE-2015-9261
busybox: CVE-2015-9261
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.33% · Oct 25, 2026
huft_build in archival/libarchive/decompress_gunzip.c in BusyBox before 1.27.2 misuses a pointer, causing segfaults and an application crash during an unzip operation on a specially crafted ZIP file.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | busybox | sid | 1:1.38.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | busybox | forky | 1:1.38.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | busybox | trixie | 1:1.37.0-6 | fixed |
| Debian | busybox | bookworm | 1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 14.04 | 1:1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 14.04 | 1:1.20.0-9ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 14.04 | 1:1.20.0-9ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 14.04 | 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 14.04 | 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 16.04 | 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 16.04 | 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | busybox | source | sid | 1:1.27.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [803097] |
| Debian | busybox | source | forky | 1:1.27.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [803097] |
| Debian | busybox | source | trixie | 1:1.27.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [803097] |
| Debian | busybox | source | bookworm | 1:1.27.2-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [803097] |
| Ubuntu | busybox | deb | 14.04 | 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9261 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | busybox | deb | 16.04 | 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9261 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [busybox]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
- [busybox-static]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
- [busybox-syslogd]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
- [udhcpc]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
- [udhcpd]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [busybox]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.37.0-6+b8· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6+b8· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
- [busybox-static]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.37.0-6+b8· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6+b8· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
- [busybox-syslogd]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
- [udhcpc]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
- [udhcpd]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-1dsa · busybox · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2022_0135-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9261]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-337-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9261]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9261]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-9261.json]
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