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CVE-2022-40284

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

Impact

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 products

VendorProductAffected versions
TuxeraNtfs-3g
before 2022.10.3
DebianDebian Linux
Version 10.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 35, 36, 37

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