01 Record

CVE-2021-46790

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

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: 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 40.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (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:H/I:H/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.

04 Metadata

Published

2022-05-02 05:10Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 05:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-05-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f4aaafc420117ff8f137d23871ea4c2ffd34848a45c176668b867e36e7ea13eb

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

redhatadvanced_virtualizationNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

tuxerantfs-3gNot specified—

06 References

github.comhttps://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/issues/16x_refsource_MISC
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20220526 OPEN SOURCE NTFS-3G SECURITY ADVISORY NTFS3G-SA-2022-0001http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/26/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.debian.orgDSA-5160https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5160vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-8f775872c9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7JPX6OUCQKZX4PN5DQPVDUFZCOOZUX7Z/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-13bc8c91b0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ECDCISL24TYH4CTDFCUVF24WAKRSYF7F/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-8fa7e5aeafhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FAXFYIJWT5SHHRNPOJETM77EIMJ6ZP6I/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-1176b501f0https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UEXHDCUSLJD2HSPMAAVZ5AWMPUOG6UI7/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

01 Record index

CVE-2021-46790

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2021-46790

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References