Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 24, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-1572
CVE-2015-1572
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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Affected products
12cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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
13- git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/nvdVendor Advisory
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.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/msg00006.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72709nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-22nvd
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