Is CVE-2015-1572 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-1572 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-1572?

CVE-2015-1572 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-1572?

CVE-2015-1572 has an EPSS score of 0.60% (44th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1572?

Upgrade e2fsprogs on debian 11 to 1.42.12-1.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-1572

MEDIUM

4.6

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

e2fsprogsDebian

Fixed in:1.42.12-1.1CVE-2015-1572

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

0.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

44thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 44% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

git.kernel.org

Other references12

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Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.