9.8

CVE-2022-48174: busybox Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2022-48174SUSE-SU-2023:3529-1SUSE-SU-2023:3729-1
Published 22-08-2023Last modified 14-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48174 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in busybox. EPSS estimates a 3.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.16%
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 3 · Related 2
DLA-4019-1USN-6335-1USN-6961-1

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

There is a stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c:6030 in busybox before 1.35. In the environment of Internet of Vehicles, this vulnerability can be executed from command to arbitrary code execution.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.16% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.16%

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

Suse18 products
  • busybox&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7< 1.35.0-150000.4.20.1
  • busybox&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 1.35.0-150000.4.20.1
  • busybox&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS< 1.35.0-150000.4.20.1
  • busybox&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 1.35.0-150000.4.20.1
  • busybox&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS< 1.35.0-150000.4.20.1
Opensuse5 products
  • busybox-links&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 1.35.0-150400.4.5.1
  • busybox-links&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 1.35.0-150400.4.5.1
  • busybox&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 1.35.0-150400.3.11.1
  • busybox&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 1.35.0-150500.10.3.3
  • busybox&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.36.1-2.1
Debian2 products
  • busybox< 1:1.35.0-4+deb12u1 | < 1:1.37.0-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Redhat2 products
  • busybox< 1:1.15.1-21.el6_10.1
  • busybox-petitboot< 1:1.15.1-21.el6_10.1
Alpine1 product
  • busybox< 1.36.1-r1 | < 1.36.1-r2
Busybox1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • busybox< 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4+esm1 | < 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4+esm2 | < 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.4+esm1 | < 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.5 | < 1:1.30.1-7ubuntu3.1 | < 1:1.36.1-6ubuntu3.1

7 vendors · 30 products

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