CVE-2023-42364

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    CVE-2023-42364

    Published: 27 Nov 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15868, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00012.html, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/42xxx/CVE-2023-42364.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42364

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 1a64f6a20aaf6ea4dbba68bbfa8cc1ab7e5c57c4
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.36.1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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