SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-42373

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

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.40%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.40% probability · 34th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
busybox/busybox · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/cloud backup · netapp/hci management node · netapp/solidfire · netapp/h300s firmware · netapp/h500s firmware · netapp/h700s firmware · netapp/h300e firmware · netapp/h500e firmware · netapp/h700e firmware · netapp/h410s firmware
Source
reefs@jfrog.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.