CVE-2026-120453: The Sleuth Kit through 4.15.0 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via HFS+ decmpfs Header

Published Nov 2, 2026
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Updated

The Sleuth Kit through 4.15.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in hfsloadextendedattrs() in tsk/fs/hfs.c that reads the decmpfs header without checking attribute length. Attackers can supply a crafted HFS+ image with a com.apple.decmpfs attrsize of 1 to 15 to read past the allocation and crash analysis tools like istat or icat.

Affected Software

8 affected components
ubuntu/sleuthkit*
ubuntu/sleuthkit*
ubuntu/sleuthkit*
ubuntu/sleuthkit*
ubuntu/sleuthkit*
ubuntu/sleuthkit*
ubuntu/sleuthkit*
ubuntu/sleuthkit*

Event History

Nov 2, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·02:29 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·02:29 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via NVD·03:17 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Nov 3, 2026
Data Sourced
via OSV·12:00 AM
Affected Software

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