CVE-2022-40284

high

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.

References

Advisories

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UGDKGXA4R2ZVUQ3CT4D4YGTFMNZQA7HW/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IA2D4PYOR7ABI7BWBMMMYKY2OPHTV2NI/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2BOQ7YLFT43KLXEN3EB6CS4DP635RJWP/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00029.html

https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-11-06

Updated: 2025-05-02

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0003