A use-after-free in Busybox's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the handle_special function
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| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| busybox | busybox | 1.18.0 - 1.33.1 | - |
| fedoraproject | fedora | - | - |
| fedoraproject | fedora | - |
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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busybox / busybox
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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