CVE-2018-19497
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 3.2%sleuthkit - security update
Published: 11/29/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4, hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not properly determine when a key length is too large, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV on unknown address with READ memory access in a tsk_getu16 call in hfs_dir_open_meta_cb in tsk/fs/hfs_dent.c).
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/sleuthkitfrom 0, < 4.6.5-1
- Debian/sleuthkitfrom 0, < 4.1.3-4+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |