CVE-2021-39258

HIGH

Tuxera Ntfs-3g < 2021.8.22 - Improper Input Validation

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A crafted NTFS image can cause out-of-bounds reads in ntfs_attr_find and ntfs_external_attr_find 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

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 31.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-125 CWE-20
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