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Integer overflow in Sleuth Kit The Sleuth Kit

Priority LOW 32CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The Sleuth Kit 4.6.0 and earlier is affected by: Integer Overflow. The impact is: Opening crafted disk image triggers crash in tsk/fs/hfs_dent.c:237. The component is: Overflow in fls tool used on HFS image. Bug is in tsk/fs/hfs.c file in function hfs_cat_traverse() in lines: 952, 1062. The attack vector is: Victim must open a crafted HFS filesystem image.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01373 72nd 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
The Sleuth KitThe Sleuth Kit≤ 4.6.0—No fix listedCNA
  • The Sleuth Kit VendorThe Sleuth Kit Affected ≤ 4.6.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:the_sleuth_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.6.0Vulnerablesleuthkit
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*29VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*30VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:the_sleuth_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.6.0 Vulnerable ·sleuthkit
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 29 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 30 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1010065
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xqwg-v65r-hvf2

References

  • TI-2026-83846 NULL pointer dereference in The Sleuth Kit HFS+ decmpfs decoder CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2026-83845 Heap out-of-bounds read in The Sleuth Kit HFS+ extended attributes CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2007-02709 Integer overflow in the "file" program 4.20, when running on 32-bit systems, as used in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.1

Sources