CVE-2021-42376

busybox: A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell comman...

CVE-2021-42376 is fixed in busybox on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42376, released November 15, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0043
37th percentile

A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to missing validation after a \x03 delimiter character. This may be used for DoS under very rare conditions of filtered command input.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
busybox · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1:1.35.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42376 Nov 15, 2021
busybox · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 1:1.35.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42376 Nov 15, 2021
busybox · Debian 14 1:1.35.0-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42376 Nov 15, 2021

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