Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 7, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-39257
CVE-2021-39257
Description
A crafted NTFS image with an unallocated bitmap can lead to a endless recursive function call chain (starting from ntfs_attr_pwrite), causing stack consumption in NTFS-3G < 2021.8.22.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
142- NTFS-3G/NTFS-3Gdescription
- osv-coords136 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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/releasesnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/security/advisories/GHSA-q759-8j5v-q5jpnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00013.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-01nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4971nvdThird Party Advisory
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