CVE-2015-1572

Severity Score

4.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de buffer basado en memoria dinámica en closefs.c en la libraría libext2fs en e2fsprogs anterior a 1.42.12 permite a usuarios locales ejecutar código arbitrario al causar que un descriptor manipulado de grupos en bloques se marque como sucio. NOTA: Esta vulnerabilidad existe debido a una solución incompleta para CVE-2015-0247.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.6

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-02-10 CVE Reserved
2015-02-23 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (13)

URL	Tag	Source
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72709	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html	2017-11-08
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html	2017-11-08
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html	2017-11-08
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00006.html	2017-11-08
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html	2017-11-08
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166	2017-11-08
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067	2017-11-08
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:068	2017-11-08
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1	2017-11-08
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=49d0fe2a14f2a23da2fe299643379b8c1d37df73	2017-11-08
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-22	2017-11-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
E2fsprogs Project Search vendor "E2fsprogs Project"		E2fsprogs Search vendor "E2fsprogs Project" for product "E2fsprogs"				<= 1.42.11 Search vendor "E2fsprogs Project" for product "E2fsprogs" and version " <= 1.42.11"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.10"		-		Affected