Description
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.
Published: 2021-11-15
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-29346 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.
History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: JFROG

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:24:13.160Z

Reserved: 2021-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42375

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:30:38.275Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-15T21:15:07.593

Modified: 2025-04-23T20:15:33.763

Link: CVE-2021-42375

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-11-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-42375 - Bugzilla

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