{"id":"USN-2986-1","summary":"dosfstools vulnerabilities","details":"Hanno Böck discovered that dosfstools incorrectly handled certain malformed\nfilesystems. A local attacker could use this issue to cause dosfstools to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:59Z","published":"2016-05-31T15:04:24Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8872","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4804"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8872","CVE-2016-4804","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8872","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4804"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2986-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8872"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4804"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dosfstools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dosfstools@3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["3.0.16-2ubuntu2","3.0.24-1","3.0.25-1","3.0.26-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"dosfstools"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2015-8872"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2016-4804"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2986-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dosfstools","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/dosfstools@3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["3.0.28-1","3.0.28-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"dosfstools"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2015-8872"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2016-4804"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2986-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}