CVE-2015-0247
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 58.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-02-17 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-18
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b18b7d43592a158cc68df9a883e40a45cb478c9e3033213ed3716daece59250a
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-06https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-2511http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.come2fsprogs-cve20150247-bo(100740)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740
- www.securityfocus.com20150205 [oCERT-2015-002] e2fsprogs input sanitization errorshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded
- www.debian.orgDSA-3166http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-2516http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2507-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
- www.securityfocus.com72520http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-1840http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:045http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:067http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187032
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1103http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- e2fsprogs Fixed in 1.42.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- e2fsprogs Fixed in 1.42.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- e2fsprogs Fixed in 1.42.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- e2fsprogs Fixed in 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.