Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2021· Updated Nov 3, 2025
CVE-2021-42384
CVE-2021-42384
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 handle_special function
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Affected products
36- osv-coords34 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/busybox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/busybox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/virtualbox-kmp&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.1pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/busybox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 1.34.1-4.9.1+ 33 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.34-lp153.2.27.2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1.34-lp153.2.27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-150400.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.34.1-4.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.35.0-4.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/mitrevendor-advisory
- claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrogmitre
- jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/mitre
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/mitre
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