CVE-2023-52890 Use after free in n/a
A use-after-free vulnerability in the NTFS-3G driver could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-52890?
CVE-2023-52890 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52890?
Linux distribution packages (8)
ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | All versions | 2022.5.17-150000.3.21.1 |
ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | All versions | 2022.5.17-150000.3.21.1 |
ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | All versions | 2022.5.17-5.20.1 |
ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 | All versions | 2022.5.17-5.20.1 |
ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP5 | All versions | 2022.5.17-150000.3.21.1 |
ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 2022.5.17-150000.3.21.1 |
ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 2022.5.17-150000.3.21.1 |
ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 2022.10.3-4.1 |
How do I fix CVE-2023-52890?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2023-52890 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52890 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-42652, AZL-42667, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52890, GHSA-m8g6-3qqh-77pv, MGASA-2024-0284, OESA-2024-1739 and 4 more.