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CVE-2021-46790

Date: May 2, 2022

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.

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (17)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FAXFYIJWT5SHHRNPOJETM77EIMJ6ZP6I/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46790

Url: https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/issues/16

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JPX6OUCQKZX4PN5DQPVDUFZCOOZUX7Z/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FAXFYIJWT5SHHRNPOJETM77EIMJ6ZP6I/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ECDCISL24TYH4CTDFCUVF24WAKRSYF7F/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ECDCISL24TYH4CTDFCUVF24WAKRSYF7F/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46790

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/26/1

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5160

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UEXHDCUSLJD2HSPMAAVZ5AWMPUOG6UI7/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JPX6OUCQKZX4PN5DQPVDUFZCOOZUX7Z/

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-46790

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UEXHDCUSLJD2HSPMAAVZ5AWMPUOG6UI7/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46790

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-46790

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-46790

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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