A use-after-free in the awk_sub() function (editors/awk.c) of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted AWK script.

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-38753

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - A use-after-free in the awksub function editors/awk.c of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...

CVE-2026-38753

A use-after-free in the awksub function editors/awk.c of Busybox v1.38.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service DoS via supplying a crafted AWK script...