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CVE-2022-40284
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-11-06T23:15:09.463 · Last modified 2026-06-17T05:01:13.970

Summary

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.

Affected products

tuxera — ntfs-3g

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References

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