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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118384

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118384: Medium severity ubuntu/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

7 affected components

ubuntu/mtools*

Frequently Asked Questions

What does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attack vector is local and requires user interaction. No privileges are required according to the supplied CVSS vector.

What is the likely security impact if exploitation succeeds?

The supplied severity vector indicates high availability impact and low integrity impact. It does not indicate a confidentiality impact.

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