What is CVE-2020-10233?

CVE-2020-10233 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-10233?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit

CVE-2020-10233

In version 4.8.0 and earlier of The Sleuth Kit (TSK), there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ntfs_dinode_lookup in fs/ntfs.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.024 (81.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit
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)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10233?: CVE-2020-10233 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Sleuthkit The_sleuth_kit, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-10233?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.