Name: CVE-2017-13756: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
Published: 2017-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-13756, CWE-835, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00214

In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers infinite recursion in dos_load_ext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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	View advisory ↗	debian-upgrade-sleuthkit	Jun 22, 2022	Aug 29, 2017
Ubuntu	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	no-fix-ubuntu-package	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 29, 2017

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