CVE-2017-16544 (GCVE-0-2017-16544)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-20 15:00
Modified
2025-06-09 15:35
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
In the add_match function in libbb/lineedit.c in BusyBox through 1.27.2, the tab autocomplete feature of the shell, used to get a list of filenames in a directory, does not sanitize filenames and results in executing any escape sequence in the terminal. This could potentially result in code execution, arbitrary file writes, or other attacks.
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