ubuntu-cve-2023-52890
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-06-13 04:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:46
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
4.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-52890",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:46:03Z",
  "published": "2024-06-13T04:15:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52890"
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  ]
}



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