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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-02-24T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:47:16.926Z

Reserved: 2015-02-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-1572

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-24T15:59:05.660

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:25:41.060

Link: CVE-2015-1572

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1572 - Bugzilla