CVE-2026-38752

Published Jul 15, 2026

Last updated 3 days ago

Overview

Description
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
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified
Products
busybox

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
2.9
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity
LOW

Weaknesses

cve@mitre.org
CWE-674
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-121

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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