{"cve":"CVE-2015-1572","nvd":{"published":"2015-02-24T15:59:05.660","modified":"2026-06-17T00:22:37.663","status":"Modified","description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in closefs.c in the libext2fs library in e2fsprogs before 1.42.12 allows local users to execute arbitrary code by causing a crafted block group descriptor to be marked as dirty. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0247.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0088.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00006.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:35:35.528235705+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-1572","score":0.00591,"percentile":0.48285,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}