Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2007-4196

Description

icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.

Affected products

Brian Carrier/The Slueth Kit
cpe:2.3:a:brian_carrier:the_slueth_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2.08

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.phpnvd
www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdfnvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/25181nvd

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