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Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

CVE-2024-58251

Low
2.5/10

Summary

In netstat in BusyBox through 1.37.0, local users can launch of network application with an argv[0] containing an ANSI terminal escape sequence, leading to a denial of service (terminal locked up) when netstat is used by a victim.

  • HIGH
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW

CWE-150 - Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published