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CVE-2022-40284

Date: November 5, 2022

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (14)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGDKGXA4R2ZVUQ3CT4D4YGTFMNZQA7HW/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IA2D4PYOR7ABI7BWBMMMYKY2OPHTV2NI/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40284
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGDKGXA4R2ZVUQ3CT4D4YGTFMNZQA7HW/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40284
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IA2D4PYOR7ABI7BWBMMMYKY2OPHTV2NI/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00029.html
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-40284
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BOQ7YLFT43KLXEN3EB6CS4DP635RJWP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BOQ7YLFT43KLXEN3EB6CS4DP635RJWP/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-40284

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
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

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