VDB
CVE-2016-4804
CVE-2016-4804
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.199999809265137 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 0.45% · 37.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.199999809265137
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.45%
37.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | dosfstools | 0, 3.0.28-1, 3.0.28-2 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | dosfstools | 0, 3.0.16-2ubuntu2, 3.0.26-1 |
Timeline
- May 19, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4804 third-party-advisory
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/44-dosfstools-fsck.vfat-Several-invalid-memory-accesses.html third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2986-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4804 third-party-advisory