CVE-2023-42365

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    CVE-2023-42365

    Published: 27 Nov 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in BusyBox v.1.36.1 via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c copyvar function.

    References: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15871, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00012.html, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/42xxx/CVE-2023-42365.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42365

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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