A use-after-free vulnerability in BusyBox v.1.36.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c evaluate function.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4019-1 busybox security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-46817 A use-after-free vulnerability in BusyBox v.1.36.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c evaluate function.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6961-1 BusyBox vulnerabilities
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Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

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Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:35:58.179Z

Reserved: 2023-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-42364

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T20:35:58.179Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-27T23:15:07.313

Modified: 2025-11-03T21:16:01.170

Link: CVE-2023-42364

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-11-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-42364 - Bugzilla

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