{"id":"USN-5078-3","summary":"squashfs-tools vulnerability","details":"USN-5078-1 fixed a vulnerability in Squashfs-Tools. That update was\nincomplete and could still result in Squashfs-Tools mishandling certain\nmalformed SQUASHFS files. This update fixes the problem.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Richard Weinberger discovered that Squashfs-Tools mishandled certain\n malformed SQUASHFS files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to\n write arbitrary files to the filesystem.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:19Z","published":"2021-10-13T00:59:27Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41072"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-41072","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-41072"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5078-3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41072"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"squashfs-tools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/squashfs-tools@1:4.4-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.4-1ubuntu0.3"}]}],"versions":["1:4.4-1","1:4.4-1ubuntu0.1","1:4.4-1ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"squashfs-tools","binary_version":"1:4.4-1ubuntu0.3"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5078-3.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","cves":[{"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"}],"id":"CVE-2021-41072"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}