High severity · published Nov 6, 2022
CVE-2022-40284
A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36; 37 · source: NVD
NT
Ntfs-3g · Tuxera
before 2022.10.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40284
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40284
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00029.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BOQ7YLFT43KLXEN3EB6CS4DP635RJWP/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IA2D4PYOR7ABI7BWBMMMYKY2OPHTV2NI/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGDKGXA4R2ZVUQ3CT4D4YGTFMNZQA7HW/
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