CVE-2021-42375

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42375
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-42375.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-42375
Downstream
Related
Published
2021-11-15T21:15:07.593Z
Modified
2026-07-08T06:04:33.653575189Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An incorrect handling of a special element in Busybox's ash applet leads to denial of service when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mistaking specific characters for reserved characters. This may be used for DoS under rare conditions of filtered command input.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "33"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "33"
                },
                {
                    "introduced": "34"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "34"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/mirror/busybox

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/mirror/busybox
Events
Database specific
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.33.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.33.1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.33.1"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.33.1
Other
1_33_1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-42375.json"