CVE-2022-40284

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGDKGXA4R2ZVUQ3CT4D4YGTFMNZQA7HW/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IA2D4PYOR7ABI7BWBMMMYKY2OPHTV2NI/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BOQ7YLFT43KLXEN3EB6CS4DP635RJWP/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00029.html

https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3