CVE-2021-42373
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42373
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-42373.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-42373
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2021-11-15T21:15:07.473Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T12:31:46.231926Z
- 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
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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
- References
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- https://claroty.com/team82/research/unboxing-busybox-14-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-jfrog
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/
- https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/mirror/busybox
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/mirror/busybox
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedLast affected
Affected versions
Other
0_29alpha2
0_32
0_33
0_34
0_36
0_39
0_40
0_41
0_42
0_43
0_43pre1
0_45
0_46
0_47
0_48
0_49
0_50
0_51
0_52
0_60_0
0_60_1
0_60_2
0_60_3
0_60_4
0_60_5
1_00
1_00_pre1
1_00_pre10
1_00_pre2
1_00_pre3
1_00_pre4
1_00_pre5
1_00_pre6
1_00_pre7
1_00_pre8
1_00_pre9
1_00_rc1
1_00_rc2
1_00_rc3
1_10_0
1_12_0
1_14_0
1_15_0
1_16_0
1_17_0
1_18_0
1_19_0
1_1_0
1_1_1
1_20_0
1_21_0
1_22_0
1_23_0
1_24_0
1_25_0
1_26_0
1_27_0
1_28_0
1_29_0
1_2_0
1_30_0
1_31_0
1_32_0
1_33_0
1_4_0
1_8_0
1_9_0