CVE-2026-46572

Published: Oct 7, 2026Modified: Oct 8, 2026

7.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.4 / Impact: 5.9

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

In NTFS-3G before 2026.7.7, a heap buffer overflow exists in ntfs_ib_cut_tail() in libntfs-3g/index.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered by creating a file in a specially crafted directory.

Affected (1)

Products: Tuxera: Ntfs 3g

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Tuxera Ntfs 3g	version < 2026.7.7

Related CWEs

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

References (2)

https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releases#release-2026.7.7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes

https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-wx5r-gc7w-9hhc

Source: cve@mitre.org

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