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A use-after-free in Busybox 1.35-x's awk applet leads to...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 19, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A use-after-free in Busybox 1.35-x's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the copyvar function.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 18, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 19, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

High
7.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-30065

GHSA ID

GHSA-gq73-rh3m-3php

Source code

No known source code

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