CVE-2021-42377
CRITICALBusybox - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Hush Applet Pointer Free
Title source: llmDescription
An attacker-controlled pointer free in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service and possible code execution when processing a crafted shell command, due to the shell mishandling the &&& string. This may be used for remote code execution under rare conditions of filtered command input.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UQXGOGWBIYWOIVXJVRKHZR34UMEHQBXS/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T2TURBYYJGBMQTTN2DSOAIQGP7WCPGV/
Third Party Advisory
https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0002/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0338
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-590
CWE-763
Status
published
Products (14)
busybox/busybox
1.33.0
busybox/busybox
1.33.1
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
34
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/h300e_firmware
netapp/h300s_firmware
netapp/h410s_firmware
netapp/h500e_firmware
netapp/h500s_firmware
... and 4 more
Published
Nov 15, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026