5.5

CVE-2021-42373: busybox NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2021-42373UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42373DEBIAN-CVE-2021-42373
Published 15-11-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-42373 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in busybox. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0135-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11738-1SUSE-SU-2022:0135-1SUSE-SU-2022:0135-2SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1

Timeline

  1. 15-11-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A NULL pointer dereference in Busybox's man applet leads to denial of service when a section name is supplied but no page argument is given

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

34%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Netapp10 products
Alpine1 product
  • busyboxAll versions (No fix recorded)
Busybox1 product
  • busybox≥ unspecified, < 1.34.0 | 1.33.0 | 1.33.1
Debian1 product
  • busybox< 1:1.35.0-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • busybox< 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3.3 | < 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.3 | < 1:1.30.1-6ubuntu3

6 vendors · 15 products

References

9 links