CVE-2019-5094

HIGH

e2fsprogs 1.43.3-1.45.3 - Out-of-bounds Write in Quota File Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3. A specially crafted ext4 partition can cause an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4535
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00029.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/58
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-2/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4142-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-05
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0887
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200115-0002/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 56.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (13)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
e2fsprogs_project/e2fsprogs 1.43.3 - 1.45.3
fedoraproject/fedora 30
... and 3 more
Published Sep 24, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026