CVE-2021-46790

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    CVE-2021-46790

    Published: 2 May 2022Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021.8.22 has a heap-based buffer overflow involving buffer+512*3-2. NOTE: the upstream position is that ntfsck is deprecated; however, it is shipped by some Linux distributions.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JPX6OUCQKZX4PN5DQPVDUFZCOOZUX7Z/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ECDCISL24TYH4CTDFCUVF24WAKRSYF7F/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FAXFYIJWT5SHHRNPOJETM77EIMJ6ZP6I/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UEXHDCUSLJD2HSPMAAVZ5AWMPUOG6UI7/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/26/1, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5160, https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/issues/16

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2021.8.22
    2021.8.14

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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