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tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.","status":"published","published":"2017-08-29T22:29:00Z","modified":"2026-04-22T11:15:14.21378Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:54:14.122973Z"},{"id":"DLA-3054-1","title":"sleuthkit - security update","status":"published","published":"2022-06-20T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:19:37.545216Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:11.189256Z"},{"id":"MGASA-2018-0368","title":"Updated sleuthkit packages fix security vulnerabilities","description":"Updated sleuthkit packages fix security vulnerabilities:\n\nIn The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted ISO 9660 image triggers\nan out-of-bounds read in iso9660_proc_dir() in tsk/fs/iso9660_dent.c in\nlibtskfs.a, as demonstrated by fls (CVE-2017-13755).\n\nIn The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers\ninfinite recursion in dos_load_ext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a,\nas demonstrated by mmls (CVE-2017-13756).\n\nIn The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, fls hangs on a corrupt exfat image in\ntsk_img_read() in tsk/img/img_io.c in libtskimg.a (CVE-2017-13760).\n\nAn issue was discovered in libtskfs.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release\n4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found\nin the function ntfs_fix_idxrec in tsk/fs/ntfs_dent.cpp which could be\nleveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read\nfrom unmapped memory causing a denial of service (CVE-2018-11737).\n\nAn issue was discovered in libtskfs.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release\n4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found\nin the function ntfs_make_data_run in tsk/fs/ntfs.c which could be\nleveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read\nfrom unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack (CVE-2018-11738).\n\nAn issue was discovered in libtskimg.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release\n4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found\nin the function raw_read in tsk/img/raw.c which could be leveraged by an\nattacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped\nmemory causing a denial of service attack (CVE-2018-11739).\n\nAn issue was discovered in libtskbase.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from\nrelease 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region\nwas found in the function tsk_UTF16toUTF8 in tsk/base/tsk_unicode.c which\ncould be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated\nto read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack\n(CVE-2018-11740).\n","status":"published","published":"2018-09-07T10:15:03Z","modified":"2026-04-16T06:25:43.425131829Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.793816Z"}]}}