What is the severity of CVE-2018-11737?

CVE-2018-11737 is rated as a medium severity vulnerability.

What is the impact of CVE-2018-11737 on affected systems?

CVE-2018-11737 can lead to an out-of-bounds read, potentially disclosing sensitive information.

How do I fix CVE-2018-11737?

To mitigate CVE-2018-11737, update The Sleuth Kit to a version later than 4.6.1.

Which versions of The Sleuth Kit are affected by CVE-2018-11737?

CVE-2018-11737 affects The Sleuth Kit versions from 4.0.2 to 4.6.1 inclusive.

What components of The Sleuth Kit are involved in CVE-2018-11737?

CVE-2018-11737 specifically involves the libtskfs.a component in The Sleuth Kit.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2018-11737

high

8.1

CWE

125

5/6/2018

17/9/2024

CVE-2018-11737

First published: Tue Jun 05 2018(Updated: )

An issue was discovered in libtskfs.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function ntfs_fix_idxrec in tsk/fs/ntfs_dent.cpp which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
The Sleuth Kit	>=4.0.2<=4.6.1

Remedy

https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1266

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Reference Links

https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1266

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-11737?
CVE-2018-11737 is rated as a medium severity vulnerability.
What is the impact of CVE-2018-11737 on affected systems?
CVE-2018-11737 can lead to an out-of-bounds read, potentially disclosing sensitive information.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11737?
To mitigate CVE-2018-11737, update The Sleuth Kit to a version later than 4.6.1.
Which versions of The Sleuth Kit are affected by CVE-2018-11737?
CVE-2018-11737 affects The Sleuth Kit versions from 4.0.2 to 4.6.1 inclusive.
What components of The Sleuth Kit are involved in CVE-2018-11737?
CVE-2018-11737 specifically involves the libtskfs.a component in The Sleuth Kit.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-11737?
CVE-2018-11737 is rated as a medium severity vulnerability.
What is the impact of CVE-2018-11737 on affected systems?
CVE-2018-11737 can lead to an out-of-bounds read, potentially disclosing sensitive information.
How do I fix CVE-2018-11737?
To mitigate CVE-2018-11737, update The Sleuth Kit to a version later than 4.6.1.
Which versions of The Sleuth Kit are affected by CVE-2018-11737?
CVE-2018-11737 affects The Sleuth Kit versions from 4.0.2 to 4.6.1 inclusive.
What components of The Sleuth Kit are involved in CVE-2018-11737?
CVE-2018-11737 specifically involves the libtskfs.a component in The Sleuth Kit.