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CVE-2021-42376
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-11-15T21:15:07.647 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:09:43.277

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to missing validation after a \x03 delimiter character. This may be used for DoS under very rare conditions of filtered command input.

Affected products

busybox — busybox

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References

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