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CVE-2015-0247

Public on 2015-02-11
Modified on 2015-06-16
Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in e2fsprogs. A specially crafted Ext2/3/4 file system could cause an application using the ext2fs library (for example, fsck) to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 e2fsprogs 2015-06-16 10:26 ALAS-2015-542
Amazon Linux 1 e2fsprogs 2015-02-11 19:36 ALAS-2015-478

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P