CVE-2021-42382
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202407-17
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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 getvar_s function
Un uso de memoria previamente liberada en el applet awk de Busybox conduce a la denegación de servicio y posiblemente a una ejecución de código cuando es procesado un patrón awk diseñado en la función getvar_s
It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain malformed gzip archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted gzip archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause BusyBox to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that BusyBox incorrectly handled certain malformed LZMA archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted LZMA archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause BusyBox to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly leak sensitive information. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2021-10-14 CVE Reserved
- 2021-11-15 CVE Published
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (5)
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Busybox Search vendor "Busybox" | Busybox Search vendor "Busybox" for product "Busybox" | >= 1.26.0 <= 1.33.1 Search vendor "Busybox" for product "Busybox" and version " >= 1.26.0 <= 1.33.1" | - |
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Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33" | - |
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Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 34 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "34" | - |
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