CVE-2015-1572

2015-02-2415:59:05

CWE-119

mitre

web.nvd.nist.gov

cve-2015-1572

buffer overflow

libext2fs

e2fsprogs

security vulnerability

CVSS2

4.6

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

AI Score

9.2

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

20.1%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

e2fsprogs_projecte2fsprogsRange≤1.42.11

Node

debiandebian_linuxMatch7.0

Node

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch10.04lts

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch12.04lts

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.04lts

canonicalubuntu_linuxMatch14.10

VendorProductVersionCPE
e2fsprogs_projecte2fsprogs*cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debiandebian_linux7.0cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux10.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux12.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux14.04cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonicalubuntu_linux14.10cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
e2fsprogs_project	e2fsprogs	*	cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs::::::::
debian	debian_linux	7.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::lts:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::
canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.10	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:::::::*