CVE-2015-8872
"dosfstools FAT12 Off-by-Two Error Clustering Vulnerability"
Description
The set_fat function in fat.c in dosfstools before 4.0 might allow attackers to corrupt a FAT12 filesystem or cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) by writing an odd number of clusters to the third to last entry on a FAT12 filesystem, which triggers an "off-by-two error."
INFO
Published Date :
June 3, 2016, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 30, 2020, 6:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.5
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-8872 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 30, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00028.html [No Types Assigned] -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90311 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:dosfstools_project:dosfstools:3.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/releases/tag/v4.0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/releases/tag/v4.0 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/issues/12 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/issues/12 Advisory Changed Reference Type https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/44-dosfstools-fsck.vfat-Several-invalid-memory-accesses.html No Types Assigned https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/44-dosfstools-fsck.vfat-Several-invalid-memory-accesses.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-189 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
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0.22 }} 0.01%
score
0.61324
percentile