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CVE-2015-1572 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code b…

published 2015-02-24 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-1704

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • e2fsprogs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.42.12-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1572

  • e2fsprogs Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1572

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • e2fsprogs SLE Module for Basesystem 15 1.43.8-4.3.1
  • e2fsprogs SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 1.42.11-7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1987-1SUSE-SU-2015:1341-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1572 updated cvss 6.2

e2fsprogs: potential buffer overflow in closefs() (incomplete CVE-2015-0247 fix)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 e4fsprogs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libss, e2fsprogs, libcom_err, e2fsprogs-libs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libss, e2fsprogs, libcom_err, e2fsprogs-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 e2fsprogs
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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

References

Sources

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