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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118384

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118384: Medium severity debian/mtools vulnerability

Published Oct 28, 2026

Updated

GNU mtools through 4.0.49 has an out-of-bounds write in parsevses in vfat.c.

Affected Software

3 affected components

debian/mtools*

Event History

Oct 28, 2026

CVE Published

via OSV·03:17 AM

Data Sourced

via OSV·03:17 AM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What access and user interaction are required for exploitation?

The listed vector indicates local access, no privileges, and user interaction are required. An attacker would need a user to interact with the crafted input or scenario that reaches the vulnerable parsing code.

What security impact is indicated?

The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a 6.1 score. It has no indicated confidentiality impact, but can cause low integrity impact and high availability impact.

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