CVE-2019-5094

Published Sep 24, 2019

Last updated 8 days ago

Overview

Description
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the quota file functionality of E2fsprogs 1.45.3. A specially crafted ext4 partition can cause an out-of-bounds write on the heap, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.
Source
talos-cna@cisco.com
NVD status
Modified
Products
e2fsprogs, debian_linux, fedora, ubuntu_linux, hci_management_node, solidfire

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
6
Exploitability score
0.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.6
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

talos-cna@cisco.com
CWE-787
nvd@nist.gov
CWE-787
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-787

Social media

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