CVE-2015-1572
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1572
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-1572.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-1572
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2015-02-24T15:59:05Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:068
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=49d0fe2a14f2a23da2fe299643379b8c1d37df73
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-22
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72709