Buffer Overflow Affecting tuxera/ntfs-3g package, versions [,2022.10.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TUXERANTFS3G-3105849
  • published7 Nov 2022
  • disclosed7 Nov 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-40284  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade tuxera/ntfs-3g to version 2022.10.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in an NTFS image which can cause code execution via a crafted metadata.

Note:

  1. A local attacker can exploit this if the NTFS-3G binary is setuid root.

  2. A physically proximate attacker can exploit this if NTFS-3G software is configured to execute upon attachment of an external storage device.

CVSS Base Scores

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