Heap-based Buffer Overflow in closefs.c in libext2fs Library in e2fsprogs

CVE-2015-1572 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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