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 hash_init function
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
busybox busybox
unspecified to < 1.34.0affected
References
- https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/ ↗
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/ ↗
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/ ↗
- https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00012.html ↗