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CVE-2019-5094
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3. A specially crafted ext4 partition…
High7.5EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- talos
Description
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3. A specially crafted ext4 partition can cause an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
E2fsprogs
- affected E2fsprogs 1.43.3 - 1.45.3
References (11)
- DSA-4535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190928 [SECURITY] [DLA 1935-1] e2fsprogs security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20190929 [SECURITY] [DSA 4535-1] e2fsprogs security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-4142-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4142-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-a724cc7926 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-01ed02451f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-202003-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0887 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
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)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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