Busybox: divide-by-zero and heap over-read in the volume_id hfs+ prober
Severity and exploitation
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Assessment vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HSeverity
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What this means
A divide-by-zero and heap over-read flaw in BusyBox's volume_id hfs+ prober can cause a crash when processing specially crafted HFS+ filesystems, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). An attacker must be able to attach a storage device or supply a crafted filesystem image. The impact is a device resolution prevention.
Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.Attack conditions
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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Product identifiers (CPE)
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6Red Hat · redhat
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Product identifiers (CPE)
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1What to do
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Public exploit evidence
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Original source description
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A flaw was found in BusyBox. When processing filesystem metadata, the volume identification component does not properly validate header values in HFS+ filesystems. An attacker able to attach a storage device or supply a specially crafted filesystem image can trigger an application crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) and preventing device resolution.
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Original records
CVE-2026-124743View the latest unmodified CVE JSON from the official source. It may be newer than this imported page.
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Follow changes- CVE · CVE-2026-124743
Observed 2026-11-14T01:08:12.021Z · upstream updated 2026-11-13T17:10:15.378Z
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