CVE-2021-39257 (GCVE-0-2021-39257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-07 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:06
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Summary
A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), causing stack consumption in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
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