VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-35269

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-07
Last modified2026-07-09
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

NTFS-3G versions < 2021.8.22, when a specially crafted NTFS attribute from the MFT is setup in the function ntfs_attr_setup_flag, a heap buffer overflow can occur allowing for code execution and escalation of privileges.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references