CVE-2016-10722
partclone.fat in Partclone before 0.2.88 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the FAT superblock, related to the mark_reserved_sectors function.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
partclone.fat in Partclone before 0.2.88 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the FAT superblock, related to the mark_reserved_sectors function. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.65% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- partclone project/partclone
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://david.gnedt.at/blog/2016/11/14/advisory-partclone-fat-bitmap-heap-overflow/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Thomas-Tsai/partclone/issues/71Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://david.gnedt.at/blog/2016/11/14/advisory-partclone-fat-bitmap-heap-overflow/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Thomas-Tsai/partclone/issues/71Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.