Use After Free in Busybox

CVE-2021-42380

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 clrvar function

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.005 (66.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42380?
CVE-2021-42380 is a vulnerability in Busybox, classified under Use After Free. Published 2021-11-15.
Is CVE-2021-42380 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.