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

Published 2017-08-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit — versions 4.4.2
Debian Linux — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/913 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.html (mailing-list, 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.