Uncontrolled Recursion
CVE-2021-39257
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.
- MEDIUM
- LOCAL
- NONE
- NONE
- NONE
- COMPLETE
CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion which takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
References
Advisory Timeline
- Published
