CVE-2019-5094

Published: 24 September 2019

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.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 6.7

Status

Package	Release	Status
e2fsprogs Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (1.44.1-1ubuntu1.2)
	disco	Released (1.44.6-1ubuntu0.1)
	precise	Released (1.42-1ubuntu2.4)
	trusty	Released (1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm1)
	upstream	Released (1.45.4-1)
	xenial	Released (1.42.13-1ubuntu1.1)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5094
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0887
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4142-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4142-2
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Launchpad
Debian

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