What is CVE-2017-13756?

CVE-2017-13756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-13756?

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

Vulnerability in Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit

CVE-2017-13756

In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers infinite recursion in dos_load_ext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.

EPSS: 0.007 (48.6th 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-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

cve@mitre.org (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-2017-13756?: CVE-2017-13756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-13756?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.