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CVE-2012-4025
Integer overflow in the queue_init function in unsquashfs.c in unsquashfs in Squashfs 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute…
Medium6.8EPSS 3.9%
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Description
Integer overflow in the queue_init function in unsquashfs.c in unsquashfs in Squashfs 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted block_log field in the superblock of a .sqsh file, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- [oss-security] 20120719 CVE-2012-4024 and CVE-2012-4025: Squashfs overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 83899 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0001 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CAAoG81HL9oP8roPLLhftTSXTzSD%2BZcR66PRkVU%3Df76W3Mjde_w%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=squashfs-devel (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 54610 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201612-40 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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