6.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2021-42384

Published: 15/11/2021 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.2
VMScore: 578
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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

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A flaw was found in BusyBox, where it did not properly sanitize while processing a crafted shell command, leading to a denial of service The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability (CVE-2021-42376) A flaw was found in BusyBox, where it did not properly sanitize while processing a crafted awk pattern, leading to possible c ...
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 ...
A use-after-free in Busybox's awk applet before version 1340 leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the handle_special function ...