partclone.fat in Partclone before 0.2.88 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the FAT superblock, related to the mark_reserved_sectors function
Published May 2, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.65%
Description
partclone.fat in Partclone before 0.2.88 is prone to a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of the FAT superblock, related to the mark_reserved_sectors function. An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application.
Affected products
No data.
- < 0.2.88
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/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 (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.65% (0.02648) | 85.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.69% (0.02689) | 83.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 4, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00580) | 67.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.66% (0.01661) | 80.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.39% (0.06386) | 84.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.95% (0.01949) | 82.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.64% (0.00640) | 79.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00198) | 56.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00187) | 55.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 0.59% (0.00593) | 75.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00540) | 74.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.63% (0.00625) | 75.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00540) | 73.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 75.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 74.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.44% (0.01440) | 71.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.44% (0.01440) | 50.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (2)
- https://david.gnedt.at/blog/2016/11/14/advisory-partclone-fat-bitmap-heap-overflow/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Thomas-Tsai/partclone/issues/71 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://david.gnedt.at/blog/2016/11/14/advisory-partclone-fat-bitmap-heap-overflow/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/Thomas-Tsai/partclone/issues/71 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory |
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