CVE-2021-39259

Description

A crafted NTFS image can trigger an out-of-bounds access, caused by an unsanitized attribute length in ntfs_inode_lookup_by_name, in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases third party advisory release notes
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jp third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-39259?
CVE-2021-39259 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-39259?
To fix CVE-2021-39259, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-39259 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2021-39259 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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