CVE-2021-39257

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Tuxera Ntfs-3g

PublishedSep 7, 2021

First seenSep 7, 2021

How to fix

Update

tuxera ntfs-3g2021.8.22 or later

Vendor advisories

debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
tuxera ntfs-3g	v < 2021.8.22	2021.8.22
debian debian_linux	9.0, 10.0, 11.0	—

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