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CVE-2021-42379
Published: Nov 15, 2021
Modified: Nov 3, 2025
PUBLISHED
Description
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 next_input_file function
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
busybox | busybox | affected unspecified - < 1.34.0 |
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
FEDORA-2021-5a95823596
vendor-advisory
FEDORA-2021-c52c0fe490
vendor-advisory
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