CVE-2015-4645

Summary

CVECVE-2015-4645
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-17 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the read_fragment_table_4 function in unsquash-4.c in Squashfs and sasquatch allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Application Squashfs Project Squashfs All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: squashfs-tools-4.3-11.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
SQUASHFS: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-73) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: squashfs-tools-4.3-11.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
read_fragment_table_n: Fix recommendation for stack overflow. by gcanalesb · Pull Request #5 · devttys0/sasquatch · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Squashfs and sasquatch 'read_fragment_table_4' Multiple Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1234886 – (CVE-2015-4645) CVE-2015-4645 squashfs-tools: integer overflow in read_fragment_table_4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
unsquashfs-4: Add more sanity checks + fix CVE-2015-4645/6 · plougher/squashfs-tools@f95864a · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 355609 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for squashfs-tools : ALAS2-2023-2152
  • 690214 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for squashfs-tools (317487c6-85ca-11eb-80fa-14dae938ec40)
  • 710342 Gentoo Linux SQUASHFS Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-73)
  • 755254 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for squashfs (SUSE-SU-2023:4424-1)
  • 900250 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for squashfs-tools 4.3
  • 900894 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for squashfs-tools (6884-1)
  • 903294 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for squashfs-tools (4694)

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