Heap-based buffer overflow in E2fsprogs - CVE-2015-0247

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Heap-based buffer overflow in E2fsprogs - CVE-2015-0247

Published: February 17, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32443
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0247
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
E2fsprogs

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12. A remote attacker can use crafted block group descriptor data in a filesystem image. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2015-0247

Update to version 1.42.12.

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