6.8

CVE-2011-2716: busybox Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2011-2716DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2716
Published 03-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-2716 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in busybox. EPSS estimates a 1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.80%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
RHSA-2012:0308RHSA-2012:0810

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.20.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) HOST_NAME, (2) DOMAIN_NAME, (3) NIS_DOMAIN, and (4) TFTP_SERVER_NAME host name options.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.80% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.80%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Busybox1 product
  • busybox≤ 1.19.4 | 0.60.5 | 1.00 | 1.0.0:pre1 | 1.0.0:pre10 | 1.0.0:pre2 | 1.0.0:pre3 | 1.0.0:pre4 | 1.0.0:pre5 | 1.0.0:pre6 | 1.0.0:pre7 | 1.0.0:pre8 | 1.0.0:pre9 | 1.0.0:rc1 | 1.0.0:rc2 | 1.0.0:rc3 | 1.01 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.0:pre1 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.2.1 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3 | 1.8.0 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.9.0 | 1.9.1 | 1.9.2 | 1.10.0 | 1.10.1 | 1.10.2 | 1.10.3 | 1.10.4 | 1.11.0 | 1.11.1 | 1.11.2 | 1.11.3 | 1.12.0 | 1.12.1 | 1.12.2 | 1.12.3 | 1.12.4 | 1.13.0 | 1.13.1 | 1.13.2 | 1.13.3 | 1.13.4 | 1.14.0 | 1.14.1 | 1.14.2 | 1.14.3 | 1.14.4 | 1.15.0 | 1.15.1 | 1.15.2 | 1.15.3 | 1.16.0 | 1.16.1 | 1.16.2 | 1.17.0 | 1.17.1 | 1.17.2 | 1.17.3 | 1.17.4 | 1.18.0 | 1.18.1 | 1.18.2 | 1.18.3 | 1.18.4 | 1.18.5 | 1.19.0 | 1.19.2 | 1.19.3
Debian1 product
  • busybox< 1:1.20.0-3
T-mobile1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • busybox< 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1

4 vendors · 4 products

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