PT-2021-5545
CVE-2021-42380
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Published
2021-11-15
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Updated
2026-10-30
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.2
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Busybox (affected versions not specified)
Description
A use-after-free issue in Busybox's awk applet can lead to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the
clrvar function. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in the target system.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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