CVE-2026-118384
mediumGNU mtools through 4.0.49 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_vses in vfat.c.
GNU mtools through 4.0.49 has an out-of-bounds write in parse_vses in vfat.c.
CVSS
6.1
6.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cve@mitre.org)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-28 03:17
Modified: 2026-10-28 15:21
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-28 15:27 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.49.tar.gz cve@mitre.org
- https://github.com/deepin-community/mtools/blob/16d295331a1cfbcf02ad0b2f03c9b906197cf3ee/v... cve@mitre.org
- https://github.com/deepin-community/mtools/blob/16d295331a1cfbcf02ad0b2f03c9b906197cf3ee/v... cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-06/msg00004.html cve@mitre.org
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-28 15:27 UTC · record ↗