Is CVE-2021-28831 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-28831 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-28831?

CVE-2021-28831 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-28831?

CVE-2021-28831 has an EPSS score of 2.72% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-28831?

Upgrade busybox on debian 11 to 1:1.30.1-6+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-28831

HIGHEPSS 84th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-755

How to fix

Remediation Available

busyboxDebian

Fixed in:1:1.30.1-6+deb11u1CVE-2021-28831

Fixed in:1:1.35.0-1CVE-2021-28831

busyboxUbuntu

Fixed in:1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1USN-6335-1

Fixed in:1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm1USN-5179-2

Fixed in:1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2USN-6335-1

Fixed in:1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1USN-6335-1

Fixed in:1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4USN-5179-1

Fixed in:1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.4USN-5179-1

busybox-initramfsUbuntu

Fixed in:1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1USN-6335-1

Fixed in:1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm1USN-5179-2

Fixed in:1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2USN-6335-1

Fixed in:1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4USN-5179-1

Fixed in:1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1USN-6335-1

Fixed in:1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.4USN-5179-1

busybox-staticUbuntu

Fixed in:1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1USN-6335-1

Fixed in:1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2USN-6335-1

Fixed in:1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm1USN-5179-2

Fixed in:1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1USN-6335-1

Fixed in:1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4USN-5179-1

Fixed in:1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.4USN-5179-1

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

git.busybox.net

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-755 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-5638	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-7247	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-36933	High	7.5	72%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-0934	High	7.5	66%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-14287	High	8.8	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12815	Critical	9.8	58%	-	Fix

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