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SUSE Security Advisory 2026-3214-1 NTFS-3G Important Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2026
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A significant update for SUSE addresses vital vulnerabilities in ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs, enhancing security.
A security update addresses nine vulnerabilities in ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs, including heap buffer overflows and out-of-bounds reads, potentially leading to heap corruption and informati...

Summary

## This update for ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs fixes the following issues * CVE-2026-42616: heap buffer overflow in `cat()` of `cat.c` can lead to heap corruption in the ntfscat binary via a specially crafted NTFS image (bsc#1271102). * CVE-2026-42617: heap buffer overflow in `ntfs_ir_to_ib()` of `index.c` can lead to heap corruption in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary via a specially crafted NTFS image (bsc#1271103). * CVE-2026-42618: heap buffer overflow in `ntfs_decompress()` of `compress.c` can lead to heap corruption in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary via a specially crafted NTFS image (bsc#1271104). * CVE-2026-46569: heap buffer overflow in `ntfs_ib_copy_tail()` of `libntfs-3g/index.c`can lead to heap corruption in the SUID-root ntfs-3g binary via a specially crafted NTFS image (bsc#1271105).

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE heap corruption important ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs

References

* bsc#1271102

* bsc#1271103

* bsc#1271104

* bsc#1271105

* bsc#1271106

* bsc#1271107

* bsc#1271108

* bsc#1271109

* bsc#1271110

Cross-

* CVE-2026-42616

* CVE-2026-42617

* CVE-2026-42618

* CVE-2026-46569

* CVE-2026-46570

* CVE-2026-46571

* CVE-2026-46572

* CVE-2026-56135

* CVE-2026-56136

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-42616 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-42616 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-42617 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-42617 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-42618 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3214-1
Release Date: 2026-07-23T14:18:49Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE heap corruption important ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs

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