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CVE-2023-42363

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42363

Severity

5.5

Medium

CVSS V3

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Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in xasprintf function in xfuncs_printf.c:344 in BusyBox v.1.36.1.

References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42363
  • https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wm78-9prw-c5h4
  • https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=15865

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