UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11731

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11731
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11731.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11731
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:37Z
Published
2018-06-19T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:18:38.104357Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

** DISPUTED ** The libfsntfsmftentryreadattributes function in libfsntfsmftentry.c in libfsntfs through 2018-04-20 allows remote attackers to cause an information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted ntfs file. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in libyal/libfsntfs issue 8 on GitHub.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libfsntfs

Package

Name
libfsntfs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libfsntfs@20190104-1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20190104-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libfsntfs-dev",
            "binary_version": "20190104-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfsntfs-utils",
            "binary_version": "20190104-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfsntfs-utils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20190104-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfsntfs1",
            "binary_version": "20190104-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfsntfs1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20190104-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libfsntfs",
            "binary_version": "20190104-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libfsntfs-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20190104-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libfsntfs",
            "binary_version": "20190104-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libfsntfs-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20190104-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11731.json"