4.6
MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2015-0247
e2fsprogs Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 17, 2015, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-0247 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 E2fsprogs_project e2fsprogs
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2015-0247 vulnerability.
There is no known solution at this time.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-0247 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-0247.

URL Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187032
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187032
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-0247 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-0247 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-0247 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-0247 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
    Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
    Added Reference http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187032
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/100740 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 10, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:1.42.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:1.42.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 01, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:1.42.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:1.42.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:1.42.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:1.42.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:1.42.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.6
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.15 }} 0.02%

score

0.36933

percentile