Buffer overflow in Tuxera Ntfs-3g
CVE-2022-40284
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 t…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.003 (27.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Tuxera Ntfs-3g
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 35, 36, 37
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-40284?
- CVE-2022-40284 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tuxera Ntfs-3g, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-11-06.
- How severe is CVE-2022-40284?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.