CVE-2021-42376

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    CVE-2021-42376

    Published: 15 Nov 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to missing validation after a \x03 delimiter character. This may be used for DoS under very rare conditions of filtered command input.

    References: https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog, 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://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- e52b735231bda70d811e4f9ef0e21fb2c7af96a2
    Fixed -d922947834160f356ebdee07af69e33cbe4b6057

    Affected versions

    1_33_0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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