What is CVE-2017-13755?

CVE-2017-13755 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-13755?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit

CVE-2017-13755

In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted ISO 9660 image triggers an out-of-bounds read in iso9660_proc_dir() in tsk/fs/iso9660_dent.c in libtskfs.a, as demonstrated by fls.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (50.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit — versions 4.4.2
Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13755?: CVE-2017-13755 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-13755?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.