7.8

CVE-2022-1304: e2fsprogs_project e2fsprogs Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2022-1304MGASA-2022-0384SUSE-SU-2022:1652-1
Published 14-04-2022Last modified 14-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-1304 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in e2fsprogs_project e2fsprogs. EPSS estimates a 1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.47%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-04-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs 1.46.5. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted filesystem.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 1.39% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse39 products
  • e2fsprogs&distro=HPE Helion OpenStack 8< 1.42.11-16.9.1
  • e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 6< 1.43.8-150000.4.33.1
  • e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7< 1.43.8-150000.4.33.1
  • e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS< 1.43.8-150000.4.33.1
  • e2fsprogs&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS< 1.43.8-150000.4.33.1
Redhat13 products
  • enterprise_linuxEOL6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0
  • e2fsprogs< 0:1.45.6-6.el8_6 | < 0:1.45.6-5.el8 | < 0:1.46.5-3.el9
  • e2fsprogs-debuginfo< 0:1.45.6-6.el8_6 | < 0:1.45.6-5.el8 | < 0:1.46.5-3.el9
  • e2fsprogs-debugsource< 0:1.45.6-6.el8_6 | < 0:1.45.6-5.el8 | < 0:1.46.5-3.el9
  • e2fsprogs-devel< 0:1.45.6-6.el8_6 | < 0:1.45.6-5.el8 | < 0:1.46.5-3.el9
Opensuse2 products
  • e2fsprogs&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 1.43.8-150000.4.33.1
  • e2fsprogs&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 1.46.4-150400.3.3.1
Alpine1 product
  • e2fsprogs< 1.46.2-r1 | < 1.46.6-r0
Debian1 product
  • e2fsprogs< 1.46.2-2+deb11u1 | < 1.46.6~rc1-1
E2fsprogs_project1 product
Fedoraproject1 product
Mageia1 product
  • e2fsprogs< 1.45.6-6.1.mga8
Ubuntu1 product
  • e2fsprogs< 1.42.9-3ubuntu1.3+esm3 | < 1.42.13-1ubuntu1.2+esm1 | < 1.44.1-1ubuntu1.4 | < 1.45.5-2ubuntu1.1 | < 1.46.5-2ubuntu1.1

9 vendors · 60 products

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