CVE-2022-28391

HIGH

BusyBox <1.35.0 - RCE

Title source: llm

Description

BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's value to a VT compatible terminal. Alternatively, the attacker could choose to change the terminal's colors.

References (3)

[Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0001-libbb-sockaddr2str-ensure-only-printable-characters-.patch

[Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/plain/main/busybox/0002-nslookup-sanitize-all-printed-strings-with-printable.patch

[Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/13661

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0321

EPSS Percentile 86.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-88

Status published

Affected Products (1)

busybox/busybox < 1.35.0

Timeline

Published Apr 03, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026