CVE-2015-8872

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…

published June 3, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
35.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00423 · 35.2th percentile
Published
2016-06-03T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JUN 14:00Z
    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…
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