CVE-2021-39262 (GCVE-0-2021-39262)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-07 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-02 21:08
VLAI
Summary
A crafted NTFS image can cause an out-of-bounds access in ntfs_decompress in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
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