[UPDATE] [low] BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in BusyBox to conduct a denial of service attack and manipulate files.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities allow a remote, anonymous attacker to conduct a denial of service attack and manipulate files.
- Who is affected
- Users of BusyBox.
- Urgency
- Remediation is low urgency as the vulnerabilities are unpatched but not actively exploited.
- Action
- Monitor for updates and apply patches when available.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-0879
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2024-582510.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 7% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-463940.17% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-58251 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2025-46394 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
Recent advisories for BusyBox
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- low[NEW] [low] BusyBox: Vulnerability Enables Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-08-19
- lowCVE-2026-76014: A vulnerability has been found in BusyBox up to 1.30.1. This vulnerability affects unknown cod…nvd · 2026-08-19
- lowCVE-2025-46394: In tar in BusyBox through 1.37.0, a TAR archive can have filenames hidden from a listing throu…msrc · 2026-08-06
- criticalCVE-2025-60876: BusyBox wget thru 1.3.7 accepted raw CR (0x0D)/LF (0x0A) and other C0 control bytes in the HTT…msrc · 2026-08-06
- lowCVE-2024-58251: In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an ar…msrc · 2026-08-06
- medium[NEW] [UNPATCHED] [medium] BusyBox: Multiple vulnerabilities allow Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-07-21
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