CVE-2023-42364

Published Nov 27, 2023

Last updated 5 months ago

CVSS medium 5.5

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-416

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.36.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F729D66A-538E-421E-961F-8A484E6C6106"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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