{"id":"USN-5078-1","summary":"squashfs-tools vulnerability","details":"Richard Weinberger discovered that Squashfs-Tools mishandled certain\nmalformed SQUASHFS files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to\nwrite arbitrary files to the filesystem.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:19Z","published":"2021-09-15T02:39:59Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41072"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-41072","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41072"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5078-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41072"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"squashfs-tools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/squashfs-tools@1:4.3-6ubuntu0.18.04.4?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.3-6ubuntu0.18.04.4"}]}],"versions":["1:4.3-4ubuntu1","1:4.3-4ubuntu2","1:4.3-6","1:4.3-6ubuntu0.18.04.1","1:4.3-6ubuntu0.18.04.2","1:4.3-6ubuntu0.18.04.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:4.3-6ubuntu0.18.04.4","binary_name":"squashfs-tools"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5078-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2021-41072","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"squashfs-tools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/squashfs-tools@1:4.4-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.4-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["1:4.4-1","1:4.4-1ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:4.4-1ubuntu0.2","binary_name":"squashfs-tools"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5078-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","cves":[]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}