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medium 4.5

CVE-2023-52890 json

NTFS-3G before 75dcdc2 has a use-after-free in ntfs_uppercase_mbs in libntfs-3g/unistr.c.

published 2024-06-13 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-59645

cvss
4.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

NTFS-3G before 75dcdc2 has a use-after-free in ntfs_uppercase_mbs in libntfs-3g/unistr.c. NOTE: discussion suggests that exploitation would be challenging.

Patch / fix

  • ntfs-3g Debian 12 1:2022.10.3-1+deb12u1
  • ntfs-3g Debian 14, Debian 13 1:2022.10.3-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52890

  • ntfs-3g Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.3
  • ntfs-3g Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1:2022.10.3-1.2ubuntu3.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52890

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP5, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP6, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 +2 more 2022.5.17-150000.3.21.1
  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 2022.5.17-5.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2187-1SUSE-SU-2024:2074-1

  • ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs openSUSE Tumbleweed 2022.10.3-4.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14046-1

  • ntfs-3g CBL-Mariner 2.0, Azure Linux 3.0 2022.10.3-2

azure linux advisories AZL-42652AZL-42667

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-52890 updated

ntfs-3g: use-after-free in ntfs_uppercase_mbs in libntfs-3g/unistr.c

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Sources

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