CVE-2022-40284

A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3

High · published November 6, 2022

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00356 · 28.1th percentile
Published
2022-11-06T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 NOV 00:00Z
    A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3
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