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CVE-2021-42373
published 2021-11-15

CVE-2021-42373: 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

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.38%
30.0th percentile
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

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
busyboxbusybox
busyboxbusybox
busyboxbusybox>= 0 < 1:1.35.0-11:1.35.0-1
busyboxbusybox>= 0 < 1:1.35.0-11:1.35.0-1
busyboxbusybox>= 0 < 1:1.35.0-11:1.35.0-1
busyboxbusybox>= unspecified < 1.34.01.34.0
debianbusybox< busybox 1:1.35.0-1 (bookworm)busybox 1:1.35.0-1 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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