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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…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.59%
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Description
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.
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)
- 0.59% · top 52% 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
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References (13)
- 72709 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-2511 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-3166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=49d0fe2a14f2a23da2fe299643379b8c1d37df73 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201507-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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