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CVE-2022-40284

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.

Published

2022-11-06T23:15:09.463

Last Modified

2025-05-02T19:15:53.693

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-120
Type: Secondary
CWE-120

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	tuxera	ntfs-3g	< 2022.10.3	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	35	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	36	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	37	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00029.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BOQ7YLFT43KLXEN3EB6CS4DP635RJWP/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IA2D4PYOR7ABI7BWBMMMYKY2OPHTV2NI/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGDKGXA4R2ZVUQ3CT4D4YGTFMNZQA7HW/ ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00029.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BOQ7YLFT43KLXEN3EB6CS4DP635RJWP/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IA2D4PYOR7ABI7BWBMMMYKY2OPHTV2NI/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGDKGXA4R2ZVUQ3CT4D4YGTFMNZQA7HW/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)