PT-2023-7297

CVE-2023-42366

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Published

2023-11-27

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Updated

2026-10-31

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BusyBox version 1.36.1
Description A heap-buffer-overflow issue was discovered in the next token function at awk.c:1159. This issue is related to writing beyond the buffer boundaries. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.
Recommendations For BusyBox version 1.36.1, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the next token function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2025-4016
AZL-33492
AZL-34577
CLEANSTART-2025-KL10768
CLEANSTART-2026-ND75136
ECHO-3073-D23F-65FD
OESA-2024-1740
OESA-2024-2127
OESA-2024-2128
OESA-2024-2438
OESA-2024-2439
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11605-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22040-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23446-1
SUSE-SU-2026:24154-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3900-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3933-1
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