Security Advisory

CVE-2019-5188

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-01-08 15:45:09
Last updated 2025-05-30 19:48:23
Assigner talos
State PUBLISHED

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.