CVE catalog
CVE-2018-1000517
busybox: CVE-2018-1000517
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 32.92% · Oct 25, 2026
BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Busybox wget that can result in heap buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e.
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 |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 18.04 | 1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 18.04 | 1:1.27.2-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 18.04 | 1:1.27.2-1ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 18.04 | 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 18.04 | 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 18.04 | 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | busybox | 18.04 | 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | busybox | source | sid | 1:1.27.2-3 | low | Not reported | [902724] |
| Debian | busybox | source | forky | 1:1.27.2-3 | low | Not reported | [902724] |
| Debian | busybox | source | trixie | 1:1.27.2-3 | low | Not reported | [902724] |
| Debian | busybox | source | bookworm | 1:1.27.2-3 | low | Not reported | [902724] |
| Ubuntu | busybox | deb | 14.04 | 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000517 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | busybox | deb | 16.04 | 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000517 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | busybox | deb | 18.04 | 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000517 | 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:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · 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:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
- [busybox-syslogd]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
- [udhcpc]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
- [udhcpd]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · bookworm; dsa · busybox · debian · 12
1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · 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:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6+b8· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
- [busybox-static]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.37.0-6+b8· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6+b8· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
- [busybox-syslogd]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
- [udhcpc]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
- [udhcpd]Fixed
Source package: [busybox]
Details (2)
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
1:1.37.0-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:1.27.2-3dsa · busybox · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2021_3531-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000517]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000517]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000517]
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