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CVE-2015-8872
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-03T14:59:00.123 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:24.810

Summary

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."

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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References

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