Vulnerability Details : CVE-2015-1572

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.
Published 2015-02-24 15:59:06
Updated 2017-11-08 02:29:01
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2015-1572

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1572

EPSS FAQ
0.25%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 46 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-1572

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.6
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.9
6.4
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2015-1572

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2015-1572

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