CVE-2015-1572

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Heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execu

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00155

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

e2fsprogs project e2fsprogs<= 1.42.11
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

4.6

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD24 Feb 2015 · 03:59 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:1987-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1341-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:1364-1
usnUSN-2507-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

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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

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