Out-of-bounds Read in Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit
CVE-2018-19497
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).
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 30
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00008.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/bc04aa017c0bd297de8a3b7fc40ffc6ddddbb95d (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/1374 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19497?
- CVE-2018-19497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-29.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19497?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.