PT-2012-5151 · Philip Blundell+1 · Squashfs+1

Sebas Sujeen · Published 2012-07-19 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-4024

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Squashfs versions 4.2 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the get component function in unsquashfs.c. This can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted list file, which is used with the -ef option. Typically, the list file is constructed by the program's user and is trusted, but there are scenarios where such a file could be obtained from an untrusted remote source.

Recommendations For Squashfs versions 4.2 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1701

CVE-2012-4024

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10201-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Squashfs

References · 19

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:128 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-40 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4024 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4024 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4025 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4024 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1701 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4024 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4024 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10201-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2012-4024 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/19/6 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4025 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4024 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77106 · Note