ubuntu-cve-2018-11738
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-06-05 11:29
Modified
2026-05-20 14:50
Summary
Details

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_make_data_run in tsk/fs/ntfs.c which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack.

Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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_make_data_run in tsk/fs/ntfs.c which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11738",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:50:42Z",
  "published": "2018-06-05T11:29:00Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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  ]
}



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