Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 27, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-4037
CVE-2007-4037
Description
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
Affected products
2(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:guidance_software:encase:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-07/bh-usa-07-speakers.htmlnvd
- www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdfnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474727/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474750/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25100nvd
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