CVE-2015-8872

dosfstools: Off-by-2 error leading to corruption in FAT12

Published Jun 3, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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."

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-474-1 dosfstools security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2224-1 dosfstools security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8728 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."
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2986-1 dosfstools vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:29 AM
Reserved
May 14, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 3, 2016, 2:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 14, 2016, 12:00 AM