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Medium USN-5463-2 7 CVEs

ntfs-3g vulnerabilities

Published Aug 2, 2022 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

USN-5463-1 fixed vulnerabilities in NTFS-3G. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

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 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS ntfs-3g 1:2013.1.13AR.1-2ubuntu2+esm3
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS ntfs-3g 1:2015.3.14AR.1-1ubuntu0.3+esm3

Vulnerabilities 7

References

  • 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