CVE-2021-39257

low-risk
Published 2021-09-07

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.16% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Affected Vendors

Debian Tuxera

References (10)

Release Notes https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jp
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971
Release Notes https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jp
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low