VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-38752

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.21%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-07-15
Last modified2026-07-20
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

Primary references