Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and…
Priority LOW 23CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01244 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:guidance_software:encase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | all versions | Vulnerable | Guidance Software |
- cpe:2.3:a:guidance_software:encase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Guidance Software
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4037
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8hqf-m7vp-fcgv
References
More Guidance Software Encase vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-03905 Guidance Software EnCase does not properly handle (1) certain malformed MBR partition… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2007-04068 Guidance Software EnCase 6.2 and 6.5 does not properly handle a volume with more than 25… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2007-03906 Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2007-04069 Guidance Software EnCase Enterprise Edition (EEE) 6 does not properly verify the identity… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2007-04061 Guidance Software EnCase 5.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2005-01489 EnCase Forensic Edition 4.18a does not support Device Configuration Overlays (DCO), which… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1
Sources
- CVE-2007-4037 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-4037 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8hqf-m7vp-fcgv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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