CVE-2018-11740
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CVE-2018-11740 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. An issue was discovered in libtskbase.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function tsk_UTF16toUTF8 in tsk/base/tsk_unicode.c which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack.. EPSS estimates a 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in libtskbase.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function tsk_UTF16toUTF8 in tsk/base/tsk_unicode.c which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Sleuthkit | The Sleuth Kit | >= 4.0.2, <= 4.6.1 |
References
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1264Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1264Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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