Use After Free Affecting busybox-static package, versions <1.37.0-150500.10.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-BUSYBOXSTATIC-12926705
  • published19 Sept 2025
  • disclosed23 Sept 2025

Introduced: 19 Sep 2025

CVE-2023-42363  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 busybox-static to version 1.37.0-150500.10.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream busybox-static package and not the busybox-static package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in xasprintf function in xfuncs_printf.c:344 in BusyBox v.1.36.1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1