Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-4197

Description

icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 omits NULL pointer checks in certain code paths, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) 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
Sleuthkit/TSKllm-create
Range: <2.09
Sleuthkit/The Sleuth Kitllm-create
Range: <2.09

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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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