Vulnerability CVE-2021-42373
Published: 2021-11-15   Modified: 2021-11-17

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

Type:

CWE-476

 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Busybox -> Busybox 

 References:
https://jfrog.com/blog/unboxing-busybox-14-new-vulnerabilities-uncovered-by-claroty-and-jfrog/
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