CVE-2021-46790

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 02 May 2022, 05:10
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 05:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 May 2022, 05:10
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 05:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021.8.22 has a heap-based buffer overflow involving buffer+512*3-2. NOTE: the upstream position is that ntfsck is deprecated; however, it is shipped by some Linux distributions.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 13%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    10.0 | 11.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    35 | 36

  • tuxera•ntfs-3g

    ≤ 2021.8.22

References (7)