Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ntfs-3g package, versions <2022.5.17-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-NTFS3G-8485040
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed2 May 2022

Introduced: 2 May 2022

CVE-2021-46790  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 ntfs-3g to version 2022.5.17-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ntfs-3g package and not the ntfs-3g package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021.8.22 has a heap-based buffer overflow involving buffer+512*3-2. NOTE: the upstream position is that ntfsck is deprecated; however, it is shipped by some Linux distributions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1