VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.52%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.52% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- sleuthkit/the sleuth kit · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/bc04aa017c0bd297de8a3b7fc40ffc6ddddbb95dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/1374Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZXFYOOMSP7NWRTSO4XXGHXAY3CJNAJ6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NLSVLDQLPGKRHHBPYUXVJJPAID6CYBXD/
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/bc04aa017c0bd297de8a3b7fc40ffc6ddddbb95dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/1374Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZXFYOOMSP7NWRTSO4XXGHXAY3CJNAJ6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NLSVLDQLPGKRHHBPYUXVJJPAID6CYBXD/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.