An issue was discovered in libtskbase.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1
Published Jun 5, 2018
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.31%
Description
An issue was discovered in libtskbase.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 tsk_UTF16toUTF8 in tsk/base/tsk_unicode.c which could be leveraged by an attacker to disclose information or manipulated to read from unmapped memory causing a denial of service attack.
Affected products
No data.
- ≥ 4.0.2 · ≤ 4.6.1
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.31% (0.01310) | 69.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.31% (0.01310) | 69.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00189) | 56.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00189) | 55.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00168) | 52.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00156) | 50.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00217) | 57.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 11.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (1)
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1264 x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1264 | x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory |
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