CVE-2021-39256 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2021-39256?

CVE-2021-39256 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A crafted NTFS image can cause a heap-based buffer overflow in ntfs_inode_lookup_by_name in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39256?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Tuxera Ntfs-3g.

How do I fix CVE-2021-39256?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2021-39256 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39256 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-6761, DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39256, GHSA-h83f-v73c-v6q4, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39256.