Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Nov 29, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-19497
CVE-2018-19497
Description
In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) through 4.6.4, hfs_cat_traverse in tsk/fs/hfs.c does not properly determine when a key length is too large, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV on unknown address with READ memory access in a tsk_getu16 call in hfs_dir_open_meta_cb in tsk/fs/hfs_dent.c).
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:the_sleuth_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:the_sleuth_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.6.4
- (no CPE)range: <=4.6.4
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/bc04aa017c0bd297de8a3b7fc40ffc6ddddbb95dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/pull/1374nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00008.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LZXFYOOMSP7NWRTSO4XXGHXAY3CJNAJ6/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NLSVLDQLPGKRHHBPYUXVJJPAID6CYBXD/nvd
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