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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42373

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42373 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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

Risk Scores

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

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debianbusybox
Debian:14busybox0, 0, 0
Debian:13busybox0, 0, 0
Debian:12busybox0, 0, 0
Debian:11busybox1.35.0-4, 1.36.0-1, 1.36.1-1

Timeline

  • Nov 15, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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