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CVE-2016-4804
- EPSS 0.12%
- Published 03.06.2016 14:59:06
- Last modified 12.04.2025 10:46:40
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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.
Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Dosfstools Project ≫ Dosfstools Version <= 3.0.28
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version12.04 SwEditionlts
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version14.04 SwEditionlts
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version15.10
Canonical ≫ Ubuntu Linux Version16.04 SwEditionlts
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
Type | Source | Score | Percentile |
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EPSS | FIRST.org | 0.12% | 0.32 |
Source | Base Score | Exploit Score | Impact Score | Vector string |
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nvd@nist.gov | 6.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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nvd@nist.gov | 2.1 | 3.9 | 2.9 |
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.