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Vulnerability · Published Apr 14, 2022 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2022-1304

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds read in e2fsprogs. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 74% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.5%top 26.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs 1.46.5. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted filesystem.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8e2fsprogs1.45.6-5.el8ALSA-2022:7720
AlmaLinux:9e2fsprogs1.46.5-3.el9ALSA-2022:8361
AlmaLinux:8e2fsprogs-devel1.45.6-5.el8ALSA-2022:7720
AlmaLinux:9e2fsprogs-devel1.46.5-3.el9ALSA-2022:8361
AlmaLinux:8e2fsprogs-libs1.45.6-5.el8ALSA-2022:7720
AlmaLinux:9e2fsprogs-libs1.46.5-3.el9ALSA-2022:8361
AlmaLinux:8libcom_err1.45.6-5.el8ALSA-2022:7720
AlmaLinux:9libcom_err1.46.5-3.el9ALSA-2022:8361
AlmaLinux:8libcom_err-devel1.45.6-5.el8ALSA-2022:7720
AlmaLinux:9libcom_err-devel1.46.5-3.el9ALSA-2022:8361
AlmaLinux:8libss1.45.6-5.el8ALSA-2022:7720
AlmaLinux:9libss1.46.5-3.el9ALSA-2022:8361
AlmaLinux:8libss-devel1.45.6-5.el8ALSA-2022:7720
Debian:12e2fsprogs1.46.6~rc1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1304
Debian:13e2fsprogs1.46.6~rc1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1304
Debian:14e2fsprogs1.46.6~rc1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-1304
Rocky Linux:8e2fsprogs0:1.45.6-5.el8RLSA-2022:7720
Rocky Linux:9e2fsprogs0:1.46.5-3.el9RLSA-2022:8361
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSe2fsprogs1.46.5-2ubuntu1.1USN-5464-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSe2fsprogs1.46.5-2ubuntu1.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-1304

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a e2fsprogs e2fsprogs 1.46.5

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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