Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ntfs-3g package, versions <1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-NTFS3G-2806414
  • published2 May 2022
  • 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 Debian:10 ntfs-3g to version 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u2 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 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