VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-1572
CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-02-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by causing a crafted block group descriptor to be marked as dirty. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer