PT-2021-5547
CVE-2021-42385
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Published
2021-11-15
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Updated
2026-10-30
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.6
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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
evaluate function. This allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code on 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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