VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-1572
Heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by causing a crafted block group descriptor to be marked as dirty.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.59%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by causing a crafted block group descriptor to be marked as dirty. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- e2fsprogs project/e2fsprogs · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.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/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:068
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72709
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=49d0fe2a14f2a23da2fe299643379b8c1d37df73Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-22
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.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/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:068
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72709
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=49d0fe2a14f2a23da2fe299643379b8c1d37df73Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-22
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.