CVE-2021-42383
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.2 High
- Published
- Nov 15, 2021
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 14, 2021
Description
A use-after-free in Busybox's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the evaluate function
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
busyboxbusybox |
|
References
- https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/
- FEDORA-2021-5a95823596vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-c52c0fe490vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/
- https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog
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