CVE-2007-4037
** DISPUTED ** Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over...
Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled
- Record
CVE-2007-4037- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled
- Record
CVE-2007-4037- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-4021 No score
Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled
- Record
EUVD-2007-4021- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hqf-m7vp-fcgv No score
** DISPUTED ** Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over...
** DISPUTED ** Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled.
- Record
GHSA-8hqf-m7vp-fcgv- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| aliases, references, title | GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-4037 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Guidance Software Encase, published July 27, 2007. Its validity is disputed. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.24%, the 69th percentile.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded
blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-speakers.html
isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4037
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hqf-m7vp-fcgv