Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2022 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-30065

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity use-after-free in the busybox package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 30.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A use-after-free in Busybox 1.35-x's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a crafted awk pattern in the copyvar function.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20busybox1.35.0-r17ALPINE-CVE-2022-30065
Alpine:v3.21busybox1.35.0-r17ALPINE-CVE-2022-30065
Alpine:v3.22busybox1.35.0-r17ALPINE-CVE-2022-30065
Alpine:v3.23busybox1.35.0-r17ALPINE-CVE-2022-30065
Alpine:v3.24busybox1.35.0-r17ALPINE-CVE-2022-30065
Debian:12busyboxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2022-30065
Debian:13busybox1:1.36.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-30065
Debian:14busybox1:1.36.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-30065

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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