CVE-2015-1572

e2fsprogs: potential buffer overflow in closefs() (incomplete CVE-2015-0247 fix)

Published Feb 24, 2015 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-162-1 e2fsprogs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3166-1 e2fsprogs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1704 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2507-1 e2fsprogs vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00089}

epss

{'score': 0.00196}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 4:47 AM
Reserved
Feb 10, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 24, 2015, 3:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:22 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Feb 11, 2015, 12:00 AM