CVE-2019-9755

Published: 21 March 2019

An integer underflow issue exists in ntfs-3g 2017.3.23. A local attacker could potentially exploit this by running /bin/ntfs-3g with specially crafted arguments from a specially crafted directory to cause a heap buffer overflow, resulting in a crash or the ability to execute arbitrary code. In installations where /bin/ntfs-3g is a setuid-root binary, this could lead to a local escalation of privileges.

Priority

High

CVSS 3 base score: 7.0

Status

Notes

This bug only has security implications when ntfs-3g is
installed as setuid-root. It's ignored in Ubuntu releases prior to
xenial, as it isn't installed as setuid-root in these releases.

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9755
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3914-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian