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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-38752
A stack overflow in the evaluate() function (editors/awk.c) of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A stack overflow in the evaluate() function (editors/awk.c) of BusyBox commit 371fe9 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted AWK script.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:13
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Debian:14
busybox
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.38.0-3"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org