DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46790

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 2
Published: 02 May 2022, 12:16
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:23

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 May 2022, 12:16
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:23
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

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debianntfs-3g

    < 1:2017.3.23AR.3-4+deb11u2 | < 1:2022.5.17-1 | < 1:2022.5.17-1 | < 1:2022.5.17-1

References (1)