VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-0247
Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted block group descriptor data in a filesystem image.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.89%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted block group descriptor data in a filesystem image.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.89% probability · 57th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- e2fsprogs project/e2fsprogs · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187032
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.htmlUS Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.