VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-40284
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-11-06
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
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-120
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-120
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108