CVE-2015-0247
e2fsprogs < 1.42.12 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via Crafted Block Group Descriptor
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (18)
Core 18
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html
US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187032
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0090
EPSS Percentile
55.3%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.10
debian/debian_linux
7.0
e2fsprogs_project/e2fsprogs
< 1.42.11
fedoraproject/fedora
20
fedoraproject/fedora
21
Published
Feb 17, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026