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CVE-2026-42616

7.8, high

Tuxera Ntfs-3g Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

NVD (opens in a new tab) CVE.org (opens in a new tab)
CVSS
7.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
0.2% higher than 4.7% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
7 Oct 202610 days ago

Description

In NTFS-3G before 2026.7.7, a heap buffer overflow exists in cat() in ntfscat.c that allows an attacker to corrupt heap memory in the ntfscat binary by crafting a malicious NTFS image. The overflow is triggered by reading a file.

Details

Vendor
Tuxera
Product
Ntfs-3g
Weakness
CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
8 Oct 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

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

References 2

Patches and fixes 1

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Tuxera CVEs

Every Tuxera CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-46569 Tuxera Ntfs-3g Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability EPSS 0.2% 7.7, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.