CVE-2026-76014 PUBLISHED

BusyBox FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT wget.c null pointer dereference

Assigner: VulDB
Reserved: 18.08.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

A vulnerability has been found in BusyBox up to 1.30.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file networking/wget.c of the component FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT Handler. Such manipulation of the argument -T leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 83a40bf7a93c8ac093d33ab452222dd5b9eb57ff. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CVSS Score: 4.8

Product Status

Vendor n/a
Product BusyBox
Versions
  • Version 1.30.0 is affected
  • Version 1.30.1 is affected

Credits

  • yuxin_wang (VulDB User) reporter

References

Problem Types

  • NULL Pointer Dereference CWE
  • Denial of Service CWE