PT-2021-5548
CVE-2021-42378
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Published
2021-11-15
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Updated
2025-11-03
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
getvar i function. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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