CVE-2017-13756 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers infinite recursion in dos_load_ext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.

Published: 2017-08-29

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sleuthkit:the_sleuth_kit:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3054-1	sleuthkit security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-5273	In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers infinite recursion in dos_load_ext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00214.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/914
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.html

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Sleuthkit The Sleuth Kit

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-29T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:05:20.055Z

Reserved: 2017-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-13756

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-29T22:29:00.267

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-13756

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-835

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