CVE-2021-39257
5.5 MEDIUMA crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), cau...
Published: 2021-09-07 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-674
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux, ntfs-3g |
| tuxera | debian_linux, ntfs-3g |
Description
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.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39257
- [Other]https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
- [Other]https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jp
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.html
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971
- [Other]https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
- [Other]https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jp
- [Other]https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.html
- [Other]https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971
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