CVE-2023-42365 (GCVE-0-2023-42365)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-11-27 00:00
Modified
2025-11-03 20:35
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in BusyBox v.1.36.1 via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c copyvar function.
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