CVE-2018-11740

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Published Jun 5, 20188y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
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Published Jun 5, 2018 8y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in libtskbase.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function tsk_UTF16toUTF8 in tsk/base/tsk_unicode.c which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack.

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
sleuthkitthe_sleuth_kit*≥4.0.2  –  ≤4.6.1

References 1

  • github.com https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1264
    ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1264
    ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory