CVE-2018-19497

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CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

EPSS

2%p73

Published

Nov 29, 2018 (Nov 29, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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).

Vendors: sleuthkit debian fedoraproject
Products: the sleuth kit, debian linux, fedora
Weakness: CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.5%)

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