CVE-2018-19497

Published Nov 29, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
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).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1610-1 sleuthkit security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3054-1 sleuthkit security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-11186 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).
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:37 AM
Reserved
Nov 23, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 29, 2018, 11:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:49 AM