VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-46790

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-05-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references