CVE-2021-46790 — Out-of-bounds Write in Ntfs-3g

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Tuxera Ntfs-3gDebian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedMay 2
Latest updateJun 7

Description

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiantuxera/ntfs-3g< 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u2+3
▶Ubuntutuxera/ntfs-3g< 1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.4+2
▶NVDtuxera/ntfs-3g2021.8.22

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, Fedora 35, 36

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
ntfs-3g vulnerabilities↗2022-06-07
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GHSA
GHSA-274j-jr8v-77f7: ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021↗2022-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2021-46790: ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021↗2022-05-02
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CVEList
CVE-2021-46790: ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021↗2022-05-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
NTFS-3G vulnerabilities↗2022-06-07
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Ubuntu
NTFS-3G vulnerability↗2022-05-30
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Microsoft
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 distributio↗2022-05-10
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Red Hat
ntfs-3g: heap-based buffer overflow in ntfsck↗2021-11-25
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Debian
CVE-2021-46790: ntfs-3g - ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021.8.22 has a heap-based buffer overflow involving b...↗2021
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CVE-2021-46790 — Out-of-bounds Write in Tuxera Ntfs-3g | cvebase