Vulnerability · Published Jun 13, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-52890
Medium 4.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the ntfs-3g package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | ntfs-3g | 1:2022.10.3-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52890 |
| Debian:13 | ntfs-3g | 1:2022.10.3-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52890 |
| Debian:14 | ntfs-3g | 1:2022.10.3-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-52890 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ntfs-3g | 1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.3 | USN-8192-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ntfs-3g | 1:2021.8.22-3ubuntu1.3 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52890 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ntfs-3g | 1:2022.10.3-1.2ubuntu3.1 | USN-8192-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ntfs-3g | 1:2022.10.3-1.2ubuntu3.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52890 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ntfs-3g | 1:2022.10.3-5ubuntu0.25.10.1 | USN-8192-1 |