An out-of-bounds read in the ext4_ext_binsearch_idx function in src/ext4_extent.c of the lwext4 1.0.0 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying a specially crafted ext4 filesystem image. The vulnerability occurs due to insufficient validation of extent header fields before performing a binary search over extent index entries, which can result in invalid pointer calculations and an out-of-bounds memory read during extent tree traversal.
History

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-125
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Denial of Service via Out‑of‑Bounds Read in lwext4 Ext4 Parser
First Time appeared Gkostka
Gkostka lwext4
Weaknesses CWE-787
Vendors & Products Gkostka
Gkostka lwext4

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Description An out-of-bounds read in the ext4_ext_binsearch_idx function in src/ext4_extent.c of the lwext4 1.0.0 library allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying a specially crafted ext4 filesystem image. The vulnerability occurs due to insufficient validation of extent header fields before performing a binary search over extent index entries, which can result in invalid pointer calculations and an out-of-bounds memory read during extent tree traversal.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-03T17:36:08.913Z

Reserved: 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-70101

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-03T17:36:01.008Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-03T14:16:31.340

Modified: 2026-06-03T14:16:31.340

Link: CVE-2025-70101

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-03T15:30:26Z