High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 8, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-5188
CVE-2019-5188
Description
A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.
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Affected products
12- E2fsprogs/e2fsckdescription
- Range: =1.45.4
- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/e2fsprogs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 1.43.8-lp151.5.12.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-lp151.5.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-4.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-4.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-3.11.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.43.8-3.11.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0973nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/nvd
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