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CVE-2021-42384

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 handle_special function

VectorNETWORK

PublishedNov 15, 2021, 21:15

Published Byreefs@jfrog.com

Base Score

Score7.2

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog
https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00012.html

Weakness Type

CWE-416

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

7.2

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base SeverityHigh

Version

3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

NETWORK