5.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2023-42364

Published: 27/11/2023 Updated: 30/11/2023
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in BusyBox v.1.36.1 allows malicious users to cause a denial of service via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c evaluate function.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #1059051 busybox: CVE-2023-42364 Package: src:busybox; Maintainer for src:busybox is Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@listsdebianorg>; Reported by: Moritz Mühlenhoff <jmm@inutilorg> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:21:05 UTC Severity: important Tags: security, upstream Forwarded to ht ...
DescriptionThe MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as: A use-after-free vulnerability in BusyBox v1361 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted awk pattern in the awkc evaluate function ...