DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4804
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4804
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4804.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4804
- Upstream
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-06-03T14:59:06Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-01T20:03:36Z
- Severity
-
- 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The read_boot function in boot.c in dosfstools before 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted filesystem, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the (1) read_fat function or an out-of-bounds heap read in (2) get_fat function.
- References
Affected packages
Debian:12 / dosfstools
Package
- Name
- dosfstools
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/dosfstools?arch=source&distro=bookworm
Debian:13 / dosfstools
Package
- Name
- dosfstools
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/dosfstools?arch=source&distro=trixie
Debian:14 / dosfstools
Package
- Name
- dosfstools
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/dosfstools?arch=source&distro=forky