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CVE-2019-5188 E2fsprogs

Affected softwareE2fsprogs
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.1 3 scores
WeaknessOut-of-bounds write (CWE-787)
Published8 Jan 2020
Updated14 Oct 2026

Description

A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially crafted ext4 directory can cause an out-of-bounds write on the stack, resulting in code execution. An attacker can corrupt a partition to trigger this vulnerability.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 6 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.1% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H talos-cna@cisco.com Secondary published
CVSS 3.1 6.7 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary
CVSS 2.0 4.4 none AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

7 products, 14 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd canonical ubuntu linux generic 12.04 · 14.04 · 16.04 · 18.04 · 19.04 · 19.10
nvd debian debian linux generic 8.0 · 9.0
nvd e2fsprogs project e2fsprogs generic ≥ 1.43.3 and ≤ 1.45.4
nvd fedoraproject fedora generic 30 · 31
nvd netapp hci compute node firmware generic any version
nvd netapp solidfire\, enterprise sds \& hci storage node generic any version
nvd opensuse leap generic 15.1

References

URLTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2AKETJ6BREDUHRWQTV35SPGG5C6H7KSI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DOBCYQKCTTWXBLMUPJ5TX3FY7JNCOKY/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220506-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0973 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4249-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

Timeline

Published2020-01-08By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-10-14NVD's own last-modified date for this record.