CVE-2021-39257

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 32.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-09-07 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 02:06Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-17

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionClass
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7432dfdf9d3db47696ae38310bd4f7b5e0394a92c60196c3e0d2c4e16afe93f5

• github.comhttps://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
• github.comhttps://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jp
• www.debian.orgDSA-4971https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971vendor-advisory
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211116 [SECURITY] [DLA 2819-1] ntfs-3g security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.htmlmailing-list
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202301-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01vendor-advisory