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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-06-03T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.300Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-4804

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-03T14:59:06.263

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:53:00.540

Link: CVE-2016-4804

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2016-4804 - Bugzilla