CVE-2022-40284 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Ntfs-3g

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 84.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Tuxera Ntfs-3gDebian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedNov 6
Latest updateNov 8

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3. Crafted metadata in an NTFS image can cause code execution. A local attacker can exploit this if the ntfs-3g binary is setuid root. A physically proximate attacker can exploit this if NTFS-3G software is configured to execute upon attachment of an external storage device.

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 Packages2 packages

▶NVDtuxera/ntfs-3g< 2022.10.3
▶Debiantuxera/ntfs-3g< 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u3+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, Fedora 35, 36, 37

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2022-40284: A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022↗2022-11-06
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CVEList
CVE-2022-40284: A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022↗2022-11-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Microsoft
A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3. Crafted metadata in an NTFS image can cause code execution. A local attacker can exploit this if the ntfs-3g binary is setuid root. A phys↗2022-11-08
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Ubuntu
NTFS-3G vulnerability↗2022-11-03
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Ubuntu
NTFS-3G vulnerability↗2022-11-02
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Red Hat
NTFS-3G: buffer overflow issue in NTFS-3G can cause code execution via crafted metadata in an NTFS image↗2022-10-31
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Debian
CVE-2022-40284: ntfs-3g - A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3. Crafted metadata i...↗2022
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