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CVE-2022-40284

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2022-11-06 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxTuxera Ntfs-3GFedoraproject Fedora

Weakness Type

CWE-120, CWE-120

References