CVE-2019-5188

HIGH

e2fsprogs 1.43.3-1.45.4 - Remote Code Execution via Directory Rehashing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0973
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 20.3%
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 (14)
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
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
e2fsprogs_project/e2fsprogs 1.43.3 - 1.45.4
fedoraproject/fedora 30
... and 4 more
Published Jan 08, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026