CVE-2016-4804
N/A
Published: June 3, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC
4 products affected across 3 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLeapopenSUSE
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00014.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2986-1
- https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/44-dosfstools-fsck.vfat-Several-invalid-memory-accesses.html
- https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/issues/25
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00014.htmlx_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/44-dosfstools-fsck.vfat-Several-invalid-memory-accesses.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/commit/e8eff147e9da1185f9afd5b25948153a3b97cf52x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/issues/25x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools/issues/26Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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