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CVE-2015-0247

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0247 is a heap-based buffer overflow in the libext2fs library within e2fsprogs, affecting products like Debian and Fedora. This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a maliciously crafted filesystem image. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it has low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.42.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:e2fsprogs_project:e2fsprogs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0061.html
git.kernel.org / cgit/fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git/commit
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149434.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150606.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/150805.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00019.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00010.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/130283/e2fsprogs-Input-Sanitization.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/100740
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-06
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3166
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2015-002.html
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/534633/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/72520
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2507-1