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CVE-2015-0247
Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.89%
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- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted block group descriptor data in a filesystem image.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.89% · top 41% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (18)
- GLSA-201701-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-2511 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- e2fsprogs-cve20150247-bo(100740) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20150205 [oCERT-2015-002] e2fsprogs input sanitization errors (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-3166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-2516 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-2507-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 72520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-1840 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187032 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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