Critical
Security advisory
BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Busybox wget that can result in heap buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000517
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Busybox wget that can result in heap buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e.
osv:CVE-2018-1000517
Complete source record
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"summary": "BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Busybox wget that can result in heap buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e.",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:48.904993464Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2018-06-26T16:29:01.197+00:00"
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