CVE-2021-42379 - AskarLabs CVE Database

CVE-2021-42379

Vendor Busybox

Product busybox

Weakness CWE-416

Published November 15, 2021

Last update November 3, 2025

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CVSS base score

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

A use-after-free in Busybox's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the next_input_file function

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 15, 2021 CVE published

November 3, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42379 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html

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