Use-after-free vulnerability in ext2fs.c in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and prevent examination of certain ext2fs files via a malformed ext2fs image
Published Aug 8, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.13%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in ext2fs.c in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and prevent examination of certain ext2fs files via a malformed ext2fs image.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.08
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.13% (0.02130) | 81.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.13% (0.02130) | 79.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.14% (0.01138) | 76.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.62% (0.01621) | 88.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2024 | 1.62% (0.01621) | 87.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 1.95% (0.01948) | 88.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 2.00% (0.02003) | 88.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2024 | 2.10% (0.02100) | 88.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 2.05% (0.02051) | 88.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 9, 2024 | 1.97% (0.01970) | 87.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 2.18% (0.02184) | 87.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.02% (0.02021) | 87.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://osvdb.org/47000 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=A19F11EF-13CA-4940-AFF3-9BE08F67EE22%40sleuthkit.org mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25181 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/47000 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=A19F11EF-13CA-4940-AFF3-9BE08F67EE22%40sleuthkit.org | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/475335/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25181 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
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