CVE-2015-1572

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1572
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-24 15:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application E2fsprogs Project E2fsprogs All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: e2fsprogs-1.42.12-3.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3166-1 e2fsprogs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ext2/e2fsprogs.git - Ext2/3/4 filesystem userspace utilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:068 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1103-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0088 - Updated e2fsprogs packages fix CVE-2015-1572 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
USN-2507-1: e2fsprogs vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1002-1: moderate: Security update for e2fsprogs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:067 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: e2fsprogs-1.42.12-3.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1006-1: moderate: Security update for e2fsprogs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
e2fsprogs CVE-2015-1572 Incomplete Fix Local Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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