CVE-2018-19497

MEDIUM EPSS 71.5%
Published Nov 29, 20187y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Nov 29, 2018 7y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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).

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
71.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Memory Safety

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
sleuthkitthe_sleuth_kit* ≤4.6.4
debiandebian_linux8.0any
debiandebian_linux9.0any
fedoraprojectfedora29any
fedoraprojectfedora30any

References 6

  • github.com https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/bc04aa017c0bd297de8a3b7fc40ffc6ddddbb95d
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/1374
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00008.html
    Third Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.html
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZXFYOOMSP7NWRTSO4XXGHXAY3CJNAJ6/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NLSVLDQLPGKRHHBPYUXVJJPAID6CYBXD/

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/bc04aa017c0bd297de8a3b7fc40ffc6ddddbb95d
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/1374
    PatchThird Party Advisory