Bug 2571607 (CVE-2026-124737) - CVE-2026-124737 busybox: Heap buffer overflow in the tftp client on fallback to the default block size
Summary: CVE-2026-124737 busybox: Heap buffer overflow in the tftp client on fallback ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-124737
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2571608 2571609
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-11-11 09:21 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-11 09:27 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-11 09:21:54 UTC
A flaw was found in BusyBox's tftp client. When the server's first reply to a read or write request is not an OACK packet, the client falls back to the default block size of 512 bytes without reallocating the packet buffers, which were allocated for the smaller block size requested with the -b option. A malicious tftp server can exploit this by sending a 516-byte datagram that is stored into the undersized heap buffer; on upload, 512 bytes of the local file are read into the undersized buffer. Processing a crafted tftp transfer may cause the client to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.


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