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CVE-2015-1572

Published: Feb 24, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
4.6MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 55.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

e2fsprogs project
oss-projectaka e2fsprogs
e2fsprogsOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.html
advisories.mageia.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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