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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-07 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:06

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

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/adviso…
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971	vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021…	mailing-list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01	vendor-advisory

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RHSA-2021:3704

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2021-09-30 19:06 - Updated: 2026-07-05 01:24

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: virt:8.2 and virt-devel:8.2 security update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

24 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2021-39257.

CVE-2021-39257

The ntfs3g package is susceptible to a heap overflow on crafted input. When processing an NTFS image, proper bounds checking was not enforced leading to this software flaw. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Fixed: 918 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3704

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RHSA-2022:1759

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2022-05-10 13:24 - Updated: 2026-07-05 01:24

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: virt:rhel and virt-devel:rhel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

29 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2021-39257.

CVE-2021-39257

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Fixed: 938 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1759

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SUSE-SU-2021:2965-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2021-09-07 07:48 - Updated: 2021-09-07 07:48

Summary

Security update for ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs

Severity

Important

Scope

22 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2021-39257.

CVE-2021-39257

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 11 products

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SUSE-SU-2021:2971-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2021-09-07 08:45 - Updated: 2021-09-07 08:45

Summary

Security update for ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs

Severity

Important

Scope

21 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2021-39257.

CVE-2021-39257

5.5 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 8 products

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ubuntu-cve-2021-39257

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2021-09-07 15:15

Modified

2026-04-22 07:40

Summary

Details

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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-39257	REPORT
	https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5060-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5060-2	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39257	REPORT

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WID-SEC-W-2022-1728

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2021-09-30 22:00 - Updated: 2024-09-02 22:00

Summary

Red Enterprise Linux Advanced Virtualization: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Severity

Hoch

Scope

25 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2021-39257.

CVE-2021-39257

In Red Enterprise Linux Advanced Virtualization existieren mehrere Schwachstellen in den QEMU, libvirt und ntfs-3g Komponenten. Die Ursachen sind Pufferüberläufe, Endlosschleifen, unsichere Konfigurationen und Überprüfungen und "Out of Bounds" Zugriffe. Ein entfernter oder lokaler, authentisierter Angreifer kann diese Schwachstellen ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service zu verursachen, Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, beliebigen Code auszuführen und Informationen offenzulegen. Zur Ausnutzung einiger dieser Schwachstellen ist eine Benutzeraktion erforderlich.

Known affected: 6 products

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

Action not permitted

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

RHSA-2021:3704

RHSA-2022:1759

SUSE-SU-2021:2965-1

SUSE-SU-2021:2971-1

ubuntu-cve-2021-39257

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

WID-SEC-W-2022-1728

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