Out-of-bounds Write
CVE-2021-46790
Summary
ntfsck in NTFS-3G through 2021.8.22 has a heap-based buffer overflow involving "buffer+512*3-2". NOTE: the upstream position is that ntfsck is deprecated; however, it is shipped by some Linux distributions.
- LOW
- LOCAL
- HIGH
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- HIGH
- HIGH
CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write
Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.
Advisory Timeline
- Published