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Medium USN-5463-1 8 CVEs

ntfs-3g vulnerabilities

Published Jun 7, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled the ntfsck tool. If a
user or automated system were tricked into using ntfsck on a specially
crafted disk image, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-46790)

Roman Fiedler discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain return
codes. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to intercept
protocol traffic between FUSE and the kernel. (CVE-2022-30783)

It was discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain NTFS disk
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into mounting a
specially crafted disk image, a remote attacker could use this issue to
cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2022-30784, CVE-2022-30786, CVE-2022-30788, CVE-2022-30789)

Roman Fiedler discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly handled certain file
handles. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to read and write
arbitrary memory. (CVE-2022-30785, CVE-2022-30787)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.4
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS ntfs-3g 1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.1

Vulnerabilities 8

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46790
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-30783
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-30784
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-30785
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-30786
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-30787
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-30788
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-30789