Out-of-bounds Read Vulnerability in The Sleuth Kit by The Sleuth Kit Foundation
CVE-2018-11740

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Sleuthkit

Status
The Sleuth Kit
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 June 2018

What is CVE-2018-11740?

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability has been identified in the function tsk_UTF16toUTF8 within The Sleuth Kit's libtskbase.a library. This issue affects versions from 4.0.2 through 4.6.1, allowing attackers to access unauthorized memory regions which may lead to sensitive information disclosure or a potential denial of service due to attempts to read from unmapped memory. Proper remediation steps should be taken to mitigate these risks.

References

https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1264
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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