usn-4142-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-09-30 12:31
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
e2fsprogs vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that e2fsprogs incorrectly handled certain ext4 partitions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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  "id": "USN-4142-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:37Z",
  "published": "2019-09-30T12:31:47Z",
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