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EUVD-2026-44010
European Vulnerability Database identifier assigned by ENISAReserved
2026-10-03 10:45
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ENISA
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CVE-2017-16544 (GCVE-0-2017-16544)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-20 15:00 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In the add_match function in libbb/lineedit.c in BusyBox through 1.27.2, the tab autocomplete feature of the shell, used to get a list of filenames in a directory, does not sanitize filenames and results in executing any escape sequence in the terminal. This could potentially result in code execution, arbitrary file writes, or other attacks.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-09 15:34 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2017-11-20 00:00
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