Bug 2501204 (CVE-2026-38752)

Summary: CVE-2026-38752 busybox: BusyBox: Denial of Service via crafted AWK script
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: aprice, dfreiber, drow, jburrell, jsamir, kaycoth, kshier, oezr, rhel-process-autobot, stcannon, teagle, vkumar, watson-tool-maintainers, yguenane
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A flaw was found in BusyBox. This vulnerability, a stack overflow in the evaluate() function, allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by providing a specially crafted AWK script. A Denial of Service attack can make the affected system or application unavailable to legitimate users.
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Bug Depends On: 2501673, 2501674    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-15 22:03:21 UTC
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.