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CVE-2021-39257

Date: September 6, 2021

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.

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (10)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39257

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-39257

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-39257

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39257

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.html

Url: https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases

Url: https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jp

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-39257

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Recursion

CWE-674

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.7
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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