CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-0247

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
e2fsprogsDebian
Fixed in:1.42.12-1CVE-2015-0247
Fixed in:1.42.12-1CVE-2015-0247
Fixed in:1.42.12-1CVE-2015-0247
Fixed in:1.42.12-1CVE-2015-0247
e2fsprogsUbuntu
Fixed in:1.42.9-3ubuntu1.2USN-2507-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.90%probability of exploitation in 30 days
55thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 55% of all known CVEs.

References

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