DocumentationSeverity
7.7
High severity
Details
- CVSS score
- 7.7
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Overview
About vulnerability
In NTFS-3G before 2026.7.7, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfs_ib_copy_tail(), in libntfs-3g/index.c, that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered by extending a directory, e.g., by creating a file.Details
- Affected product:
- Ubuntu 18.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- ntfs-3g @ 1:2017.3.23