CVE catalog
CVE-2015-8872
dosfstools: CVE-2015-8872
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.42% · Oct 27, 2026
The set_fat function in fat.c in dosfstools before 4.0 might allow attackers to corrupt a FAT12 filesystem or cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and crash) by writing an odd number of clusters to the third to last entry on a FAT12 filesystem, which triggers an "off-by-two error."
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dosfstools | sid | 4.2-1.2 | fixed |
| Debian | dosfstools | forky | 4.2-1.2 | fixed |
| Debian | dosfstools | trixie | 4.2-1.2 | fixed |
| Debian | dosfstools | bookworm | 4.2-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.16-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.24-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.25-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.26-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 16.04 | 3.0.28-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 16.04 | 3.0.28-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 16.04 | 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Suse | dosfstools | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp1 | 3.0.26-6.5 | fixed |
| Suse | dosfstools | linux enterprise server 12 sp1 | 3.0.26-6.5 | fixed |
| Suse | dosfstools | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp1 | 3.0.26-6.5 | fixed |
| Suse | dosfstools | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 3.0.26-3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | dosfstools | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 3.0.26-3.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.16-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.24-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.25-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.26-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 14.04 | 3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 16.04 | 3.0.28-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 16.04 | 3.0.28-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | 16.04 | 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dosfstools | source | sid | 4.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | dosfstools | source | forky | 4.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | dosfstools | source | trixie | 4.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | dosfstools | source | bookworm | 4.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | deb | 14.04 | 3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | USN-2986-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | deb | 16.04 | 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | USN-2986-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | dosfstools | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp1 | 3.0.26-6.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2145-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | dosfstools | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp1 | 3.0.26-6.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2145-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | dosfstools | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp1 | 3.0.26-6.5 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2145-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | dosfstools | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 3.0.26-3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2146-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | dosfstools | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 3.0.26-3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:2146-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | deb | 14.04 | 3.0.26-1ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8872 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | dosfstools | deb | 16.04 | 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8872 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [dosfstools]Fixed
Details (2)
4.2-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0-1dsa · dosfstools · debian · bookworm; dsa · dosfstools · debian · 12
4.2-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4.0-1dsa · dosfstools · debian · bookworm; dsa · dosfstools · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [dosfstools]Fixed
Details (2)
4.2-1.2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0-1dsa · dosfstools · debian · 13
4.2-1.2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4.0-1dsa · dosfstools · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2016_2145-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8872]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2224-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-474-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2145-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2146-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8872]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2986-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8872]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-8872.json]
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