CVE-2021-42380

A use-after-free in Busybox's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the clrvar function

CVSS v3 7.2 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

7.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog
https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-11-15 21:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 03:39

NVD link : CVE-2021-42380

Mitre link : CVE-2021-42380

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-42380

JSON object : View

Products Affected

busybox

busybox

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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