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CVE-2015-4646 (GCVE-0-2015-4646)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-13 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:18
VLAI
Summary
(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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75272 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-73 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/756 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/commit… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2015-06-18 00:00
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