Bug 2531349 (CVE-2026-88835) - CVE-2026-88835 busybox: busybox: dpkg read_package_field() steps past NUL terminator, causing out-of-bounds read on malformed .deb packages
Summary: CVE-2026-88835 busybox: busybox: dpkg read_package_field() steps past NUL ter...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-88835
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-10 09:47 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-23 16:44 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-10 09:47:16 UTC
A vulnerability was found in the BusyBox dpkg implementation (archival/dpkg.c). The restart path in read_package_field() incorrectly handles the case where a field has a name but an empty value followed by a NUL terminator, stepping one byte past the buffer and reading adjacent heap memory. This causes a bus error or segfault.


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