DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8872

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8872
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8872.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8872
Upstream
Published
2016-06-03T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:56:02.989342Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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."

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / dosfstools

Package

Name
dosfstools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dosfstools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / dosfstools

Package

Name
dosfstools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dosfstools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / dosfstools

Package

Name
dosfstools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dosfstools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / dosfstools

Package

Name
dosfstools
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/dosfstools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}