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ALPINE-CVE-2023-42364

ALPINE-CVE-2023-42364 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

A use-after-free vulnerability in BusyBox v.1.36.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c evaluate function.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.21busybox0, 1.12.1-r1, 1.12.1-r5
Alpine:v3.22busybox1.33.1-r0, 0, 1.12.1-r1
Alpine:v3.18busybox1.19.3-r2, 1.18.3-r0, 1.32.1-r0
Alpine:v3.24busybox0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.23busybox1.29.3-r12, 1.24.2-r2, 1.24.2-r3
Alpine:v3.19busybox1.22.1-r11, 1.20.0-r5, 1.19.4-r4
Alpine:v3.20busybox1.13.3-r2, 1.31.1-r11, 1.31.1-r12
Alpine:v3.17busybox1.33.1-r5, 1.31.1-r3, 1.33.0-r2

Timeline

  • Nov 27, 2023 CVE Published
  • Aug 7, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch
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