CVE-2016-4804

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 6.2
Description
The read_boot function in boot.c in dosfstools before 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted filesystem, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (1) read_fat function or an out-of-bounds heap read in (2) get_fat function.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-4804
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-06-03T14:59:06
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-05-30T18:15:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:dosfstools_project:dosfstools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0.28
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.2
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.5
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2986-1
https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/commit/e8eff147e9da1185f9afd5b25948153a3b97cf52
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00001.html
https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/issues/25 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/44-dosfstools-fsck.vfat-Several-invalid-memory-accesses.html Patch
https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/issues/26 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00014.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90311
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00028.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4804
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4804
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:29:59 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:45:17 2016-06-03T14:59Z 2016-06-03T14:59:06 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:45:17 2020-05-30T18:15:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:45:17 Modified Vulnerability Status updated