CVE-2021-42382

Updated: 2025-08-20 03:12:17.337224

Description:

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 getvar_s function


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 6.5
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.2

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

Debian 10 ELS busybox 1.30.1 7.2 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1761844489 2025-10-31 01:25:43
Ubuntu 16.04 ELS busybox 1.22.0 7.2 HIGH Released CLSA-2021:1638804058 2022-01-04 14:19:58
Ubuntu 18.04 ELS busybox 1.27.2 7.2 HIGH Already Fixed 2023-06-02 09:11:08