CVE-2026-124737

high

Description

A flaw was found in BusyBox. When the TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) client requests a custom small block size and receives a standard response, it falls back to the default block size without resizing the allocated memory buffer. A malicious TFTP server can exploit this issue by sending standard-sized network packets during a transfer, causing a heap buffer overflow. This flaw allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing the application.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-123345

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2571607

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-124737

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-11

Updated: 2026-11-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High