CVE-2015-1572
CVSS V2 Medium 4.6
CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-1572
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2015-02-24T15:59:05
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-11-08T02:29:01
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 1.42.11 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- LOCAL
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 4.6
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 6.4
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1572 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1572 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:12:00 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 03:41:32 | 2015-02-24T15:59Z | 2015-02-24T15:59:05 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 03:41:32 | 2017-11-08T02:29:01 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 03:41:32 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |