CVE-2018-19497

Summary

CVECVE-2018-19497
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-29 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:55:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Application Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: sleuthkit-4.6.6-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: sleuthkit-4.6.6-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3054-1] sleuthkit security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Merge pull request #1374 from JordyZomer/develop · sleuthkit/sleuthkit@bc04aa0 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Fix CVE-2018-19497. by JordyZomer · Pull Request #1374 · sleuthkit/sleuthkit · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: sleuthkit-4.6.6-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: sleuthkit-4.6.6-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1610-1] sleuthkit security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179378 Debian Security Update for sleuthkit (DLA 3054-1)
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