CVE-2023-52890

Publication date 13 June 2024

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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Why is this CVE low priority?

Exploitation of this vulnerability likely difficult

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ntfs-3g 25.10 questing
Vulnerable
25.04 plucky
Vulnerable
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needed
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable

Notes

mdeslaur

Exploitation of this vulnerability likely difficult, see upstream bug discussion. As such, marking as low priority.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
ntfs-3g

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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