CVE-2015-1572
E2fsprogs libext2fs Heap Buffer Overflow
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 24, 2015, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 8, 2017, 2:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-1572 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2015-1572
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2015-1572.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-1572 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-1572 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
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]
Dec. 31, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00006.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-22 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72709 [No Types Assigned] -
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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:068 Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.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: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:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:lts:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
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. 25, 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) Changed Reference Type https://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=49d0fe2a14f2a23da2fe299643379b8c1d37df73 No Types Assigned https://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=49d0fe2a14f2a23da2fe299643379b8c1d37df73 Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 25, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 25, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.08307
percentile