CVE-2023-42366 — Out-of-bounds Write in Busybox

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
BusyboxDebian BusyboxMsrc Azl3 Busybox 1.36.1-12 ON Azure Linux 3.0+7 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 27
Latest updateNov 28

Description

A heap-buffer-overflow was discovered in BusyBox v.1.36.1 in the next_token function at awk.c:1159.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages11 packages

▶debiandebian/busybox< busybox 1:1.37.0-8 (forky)
▶Debianbusybox/busybox< 1:1.37.0-8
▶NVDbusybox/busybox1.36.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2vjj-r39q-gvxr: A heap-buffer-overflow was discovered in BusyBox v↗2023-11-28
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OSV
CVE-2023-42366: A heap-buffer-overflow was discovered in BusyBox v↗2023-11-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
busybox: A heap-buffer-overflow↗2023-11-28
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Microsoft
A heap-buffer-overflow was discovered in BusyBox v.1.36.1 in the next_token function at awk.c:1159.↗2023-11-14
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Debian
CVE-2023-42366: busybox - A heap-buffer-overflow was discovered in BusyBox v.1.36.1 in the next_token func...↗2023
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