CVE-2015-8837

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-02-07
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
863091: CVE-2015-8837 fuseiso: Stack-based buffer overflow when scanning directory structure for absolute path entries

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the isofs_real_readdir function in isofs.c in FuseISO 20070708 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long pathname in an ISO file.

Find out more about CVE-2015-8837 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 fuseiso Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Florian Weimer of Red Hat Product Security Team.

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