CVE-2026-46570
Description
A flaw was found in ntfs-3g. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to achieve privilege escalation or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) through memory corruption. By mounting or processing a specially crafted NTFS filesystem image containing manipulated file metadata, the flaw triggers a heap-based buffer overflow within the set user ID (SUID) root utility. An attacker could exploit this condition to execute arbitrary code with elevated root privileges.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has determined that this vulnerability does not affect any currently supported Red Hat product. This assessment may evolve based on further analysis and discovery. For more information about this vulnerability and the products it affects, please see the linked references.
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