CVE-2017-13755

medium

Published 2017-08-29 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted ISO 9660 image triggers an out-of-bounds read in iso9660_proc_dir() in tsk/fs/iso9660_dent.c in libtskfs.a, as demonstrated by fls.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.4.2-3`
sid	Fixed	`4.4.2-3`
forky	Fixed	`4.4.2-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.4.2-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.4.2-3`
9.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
sleuthkit	the_sleuth_kit	`4.4.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.