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High USN-5711-1 1 CVE

ntfs-3g vulnerability

Published Nov 2, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Yuchen Zeng and Eduardo Vela discovered that NTFS-3G incorrectly validated
certain NTFS metadata. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
gain privileges.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23-2ubuntu0.18.04.5
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS ntfs-3g 1:2017.3.23AR.3-3ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS ntfs-3g 1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-40284