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CVE-2021-39259 Details

Description

A crafted NTFS image can trigger an out-of-bounds access, caused by an unsanitized attribute length in ntfs_inode_lookup_by_name, in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:6.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases CVERelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jp CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971 CVEThird Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]
CWE-20Improper Input ValidationCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
tuxera ntfs-3g
< 2021.8.22

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:tuxera:ntfs-3g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0
10.0
11.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-39259
NVD Published Date:
Sep 7, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-39259 Details - Not Deferred