CVE-2021-42373 | BDVDB-2026-164367 Detail
busyboxbusybox
Description#
A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's man applet leads to denial of service when a section name is supplied but no page argument is given
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
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
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.