CVE-2022-40284
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.05%ntfs-3g - security update
Published: 11/6/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/ntfs-3gfrom 0, < 2022.10.3-r0
- Debian/ntfs-3gfrom 0, < 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u3
- Debian/ntfs-3gfrom 0, < 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3+deb10u3
- Debian/ntfs-3gfrom 0, < 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |