NULL Pointer Dereference
CVE-2021-42373
Summary
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
- LOW
- LOCAL
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- NONE
- HIGH
CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published