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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-33967: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-33967: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/20/2022
Created
03/22/2024
Added
03/21/2024
Modified
03/22/2024

Description

squashfs filesystem implementation of U-Boot versions from v2020.10-rc2 to v2022.07-rc5 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to a defect in the metadata reading process. Loading a specially crafted squashfs image may lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-u-boot

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