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."
Published: 2016-06-03
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-474-1 dosfstools security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2224-1 dosfstools security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8728 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."
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2986-1 dosfstools vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Dosfstools Project Dosfstools
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.096Z

Reserved: 2016-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8872

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-03T14:59:00.123

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

Link: CVE-2015-8872

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8872 - Bugzilla

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