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e2fsprogs: Crafted ext4 partition leads to out-of-bounds write

🗓️ 29 Sep 2020 19:59:28Reported by RedHatType 
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Exploitable vulnerability in e2fsprogs 1.45.3 quota on ext4 enables out-of-bounds heap write and code execution.

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CVSS 24.6
CVSS 3.16.7 - 7.5
EPSS0.01105
SSVC
CWE-787
e2fsprogsquota vulnerabilityext4 exploitheap writecode execution
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