Use After Free Affecting busybox package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BUSYBOX-6094983
  • published30 Nov 2023
  • disclosed27 Nov 2023
  • creditZclin

Introduced: 27 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-42365  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for busybox.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c copyvar function. An attacker can manipulate memory and potentially execute arbitrary code by exploiting this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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