A crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_inode_lookup_by_name in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.
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Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.
A crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_inode_lookup_by_name in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.
September 7, 2021
December 2, 2025
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | virt:rhel-8060020220408104655.d63f516d | 2022-05-10 | redhat |
| redhat | virt-devel:8.2-8020120210917153657.863bb0db | 2021-09-30 | redhat |
| redhat | virt-devel:av-8040020210922084349.522a0ee4 | 2021-09-30 | redhat |
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A crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_inode_lookup_by_name in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.
RHSA-2021:3703 — Moderate
RHSA-2021:3704 — Moderate
RHSA-2022:1759 — Moderate
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