UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40284

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-40284

    Published: 31 Oct 2022Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-40284

    Summary:

    Details: A buffer overflow was discovered in NTFS-3G before 2022.10.3. Crafted metadata in an NTFS image can cause code execution. A local attacker can exploit this if the ntfs-3g binary is setuid root. A physically proximate attacker can exploit this if NTFS-3G software is configured to execute upon attachment of an external storage device.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40284, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/10/31/2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5711-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5711-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40284

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntfs-3g

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ntfs-3g@1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm4?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm4

    Affected versions

    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu1
    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2
    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm1
    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm2
    1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High