CVE-2021-42383

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    CVE-2021-42383

    Published: 15 Nov 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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 evaluate function

    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- bcc5b0e6caca6c7602a6a41faa5f980292e0fbc5
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.33.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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