7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-5188
E2fsprogs E2fsck Stack-Based Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 8, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:44 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

0.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-5188 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-5188 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 Netapp solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node
2 Netapp hci_compute_node_firmware
3 Netapp hci_compute_node
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 E2fsprogs_project e2fsprogs
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-2019-5188.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0973 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0973 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-5188 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-5188 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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/
    Added Reference https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0973
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Talos https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Talos https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Talos https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
    Removed Reference Talos https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_compute_node_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:netapp:hci_compute_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire\,_enterprise_sds_\&_hci_storage_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 06, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Talos CWE-787
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 Talos AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 12, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:1.45.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.43.3 up to (including) 1.45.4
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 26, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0973 No Types Assigned https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0973 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:1.45.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/ [No Types Assigned]
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-5188 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-2019-5188 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.08 }} 0.02%

score

0.37687

percentile

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