CVE-2021-33285
In NTFS-3G versions < 2021.8.22, when a specially crafted NTFS attribute is supplied to the function ntfs_get_attribute_value, a heap buffer overflow can occur allowing for memory disclosure or denial of service. The vulnerability is caused by an out-of-bound buffer access which can be triggered by mounting a crafted ntfs partition. The root cause is a missing consistency check after reading an MFT record : the "bytes_in_use" field should be less than the "bytes_allocated" field. When it is not, the parsing of the records proceeds into the wild.
Published:Aug 30, 2021
Last Modified:Dec 3, 2025
EPS:Sep 7, 2021
EPSS Score:0.0007
CVSS Score:6.7
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Debian
Product
Debian Linux
Debian
Debian Linux
Vendor
Fedoraproject
Product
Fedora
Fedoraproject
Fedora
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Advanced Virtualization
Redhat
Advanced Virtualization
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Tuxera
Product
Ntfs-3g
Tuxera
Ntfs-3g
Exploits
No exploit reference
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
Network
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User Interaction
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Integrity
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Availability
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