e2fsprogs: ext2fs_open2() missing first_meta_bg boundary check leading to heap buffer overflow (oCERT-015-002)
Published Feb 17, 2015
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.89%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in openfs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted block group descriptor data in a filesystem image.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 1.42.11
Configuration 2
- 7.0
Configuration 3
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
Configuration 4
- 20
- 21
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
e2fsprogs
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
e4fsprogs
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
e2fsprogs
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
e2fsprogs
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | e2fsprogs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | e4fsprogs | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | e2fsprogs | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | e2fsprogs | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 57.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.90% (0.00897) | 54.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00113) | 27.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 21.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 20.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00051) | 18.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0061.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit/?id=f66e6ce4 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3166 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:045 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:067 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2015-002.html x_refsource_MISCUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72520 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2507-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0247 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1187032 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100740 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0247
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0247
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