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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-162-1 e2fsprogs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3166-1 e2fsprogs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1704 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2507-1 e2fsprogs vulnerabilities
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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00089}

epss

{'score': 0.00196}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:47:16.926Z

Reserved: 2015-02-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-1572

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-02-24T15:59:05.660

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-1572

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1572 - Bugzilla

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