CVE-2022-40284
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Nov 6, 2022
- Updated
- May 2, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 8, 2022
Description
A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3. Crafted metadata in an NTFS image can cause code execution. A local attacker can exploit this if the ntfs-3g binary is setuid root. A physically proximate attacker can exploit this if NTFS-3G software is configured to execute upon attachment of an external storage device.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221121 [SECURITY] [DLA 3201-1] ntfs-3g security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2022-4915124227vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-14f11bfc73vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-243616c548vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202301-01vendor-advisory
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