CVE-2021-42384
Busybox Awk Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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 handle_special function
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 15, 2021, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:39 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2021-42384 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Docker/K8s Engine Microservice using Go kit and Gorilla (Go Web Toolkit Toolkit). Project includes K8s packages for K8s-YAML, K8s-Helm3 and K8s-Kustomize
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-42384 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-42384 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference JFrog https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ [No types assigned] Added Reference JFrog https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference JFrog https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ Removed Reference JFrog https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 25, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 04, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/ Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 23, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/ [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 29, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 25, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 17, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/ No Types Assigned https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/ Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-416 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.18.0 up to (including) 1.33.1
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.24 }} 0.00%
score
0.61414
percentile