Description
A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), causing stack consumption in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jp
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
28.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-674
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
debian/debian_linux
10.0
debian/debian_linux
11.0
tuxera/ntfs-3g
< 2021.8.22
Published
Sep 07, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026