What is CVE-2022-28391?

CVE-2022-28391 is a high-severity vulnerability in Busybox, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-04-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-28391?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-28391 known to be exploited?

7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Busybox

CVE-2022-28391

BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's value to a VT compatible terminal. Alternatively, the attacker could choose to change the terminal's colors.

EPSS: 0.035 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Busybox
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28391?: CVE-2022-28391 is a high-severity vulnerability in Busybox, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-04-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-28391?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-28391 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.