CVE-2015-4646

high
Published 2017-04-13 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
VIR risk
7.5

Description

(1) unsquash-1.c, (2) unsquash-2.c, (3) unsquash-3.c, and (4) unsquash-4.c in Squashfs and sasquatch allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:4.3-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1:4.3-2
debian debianforkyfixed1:4.3-2
debian debiansidfixed1:4.3-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1:4.3-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
squashfs_projectsquashfs{"endIncluding":"4.3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.