Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-0247
CVE-2015-0247
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.
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Affected products
14cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.42.11
- (no CPE)range: <1.42.12
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012
< 1.42.11-7.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.42.11-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.42.11-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.42.11-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.42.11-7.1
Patches
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References
18- www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.htmlnvd
- git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.htmlnvd
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06nvd
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