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CVE detail

CVE-2021-42374

An out-of-bounds heap read in Busybox's unlzma applet leads to information leak and denial of service when crafted LZMA-compressed input is decompressed. This can be triggered by any applet/format that

CVSS 5.3 · MediumBuzz score 21.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 21.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
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Peak daily
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highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
3 source links · newest first
  • Researchers have identified a total of 14 new vulnerabilities in BusyBox that expose million of Unix-based devices to cyberattacks. Researchers from software development company JFrog and industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty have identified a total of 14 new critical vulnerabilities in BusyBox. The software is used by many network appliances and embedded devices with limited memory […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comNov 10, 2021, 11:28 AM
  • Security researchers have found and reported 14 vulnerabilities in the BusyBox userspace tool that’s used in millions of embedded devices running Linux-based firmware. While the flaws don’t have high criticality, some of them do have the potential to result in remote code execution (RCE). BusyBox is a software utilities suite that its creators describe as […]

    newswww.csoonline.comNov 10, 2021, 10:00 AM
  • Researchers from software development company JFrog and industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty have identified a total of 14 new vulnerabilities in BusyBox, and on Tuesday they detailed some of their findings.

    newswww.securityweek.comNov 10, 2021, 4:44 AM

Exploit code

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