CVE-2021-39257 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Ntfs-3g

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled RecursionCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 62.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Tuxera Ntfs-3gDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 7
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), causing stack consumption in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDtuxera/ntfs-3g< 2021.8.22
▶Debiantuxera/ntfs-3g< 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c7hf-64rq-w8mm: A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), causing stack co↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-39257: A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), causing stack co↗2021-09-07
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CVEList
CVE-2021-39257: A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), causing stack co↗2021-09-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite) causing stack consumption in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.↗2021-09-14
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Red Hat
ntfs-3g: Endless recursion from ntfs_attr_pwrite() triggered by an unallocated bitmap↗2021-08-30
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Debian
CVE-2021-39257: ntfs-3g - A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive ...↗2021
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