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Unscored USN-5078-1 1 CVE

squashfs-tools vulnerability

Published Sep 15, 2021 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Richard Weinberger discovered that Squashfs-Tools mishandled certain
malformed SQUASHFS files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
write arbitrary files to the filesystem.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS squashfs-tools 1:4.3-6ubuntu0.18.04.4
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS squashfs-tools 1:4.4-1ubuntu0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-41072