CVE-2015-8872
Medium
Description
The set_fat function in fat.c in dosfstools before 4.0 might allow attackers to corrupt a FAT12 filesystem or cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) by writing an odd number of clusters to the third to last entry on a FAT12 filesystem, which triggers an "off-by-two error."
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.2
Exploit probability—
ProductDosfstools
PublishedJun 3, 2016
First seenJun 3, 2016
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| dosfstools_project dosfstools | v ≤ 3.0.28 | — |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04 | — |
| opensuse leap | 42.1 | — |
| opensuse opensuse | 13.2 | — |
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