CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-0247

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2015-02-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-02-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted block group descriptor data in a filesystem image.

Affected configurations

• e2fsprogs project e2fsprogs (<= 1.42.11) • debian debian linux 7.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.10 • fedoraproject fedora 20 • fedoraproject fedora 21

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References