High USN-4249-1 1 CVE

e2fsprogs vulnerability

Published Jan 23, 2020 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

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

Fixed packages 3

Release	Package	Fixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS	e2fsprogs	1.42.13-1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS	e2fsprogs	1.44.1-1ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS	e2fsprogs	1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm2

Vulnerabilities 1

High 7.5

CVE-2019-5188

A code execution vulnerability exists in the directory rehashing functionality of E2fsprogs e2fsck 1.45.4. A specially …

e2fsprogs e2fsprogs e2fsprogs Debian Ubuntu Alpine

Jan 8, 2020

References

report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5188