Name: CVE-2018-19497: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-11-29T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-19497, CWE-125, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.02413

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).

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade sleuthkit	Feb 20, 2019	Nov 29, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Nov 29, 2018

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CVSS Details

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