CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-42618
7.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-10-07
- Last modified
- 2026-10-08
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-122, CWE-193
Description
In NTFS-3G before 2026.7.7, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfs_decompress() in compress.c that allows an attacker to corrupt one byte of heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered by reading the special crafted file.
Affected configurations
• tuxera ntfs-3g (< 2026.7.7)
Related
References
- https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases#release-2026.7.7 Release Notes
- https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-6whp-3f63-97qw Patch, Vendor Advisory