CVE-2023-42364

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability in BusyBox v.1.36.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c evaluate function.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15868Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15868Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00012.html

Timeline

Published: Nov 27, 2023
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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