VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8872
The set_fat function in fat.c in dosfstools before 4.0 might allow attackers to corrupt a FAT12 filesystem or cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) by writing an odd number of clusters to the third to last entry on a FAT12…
MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The set_fat function in fat.c in dosfstools before 4.0 might allow attackers to corrupt a FAT12 filesystem or cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) by writing an odd number of clusters to the third to last entry on a FAT12 filesystem, which triggers an "off-by-two error."
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse · dosfstools project/dosfstools
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00014.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90311
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2986-1
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/44-dosfstools-fsck.vfat-Several-invalid-memory-accesses.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/commit/07908124838afcc99c577d1d3e84cef2dbd39cb7
- https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/issues/12Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/releases/tag/v4.0Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00014.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90311
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2986-1
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/44-dosfstools-fsck.vfat-Several-invalid-memory-accesses.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/commit/07908124838afcc99c577d1d3e84cef2dbd39cb7
- https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/issues/12Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/releases/tag/v4.0Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00028.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.