CVE-2018-11740: sleuthkit the_sleuth_kit Out-of-bounds Read
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-11740 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in sleuthkit the_sleuth_kit. EPSS estimates a 1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 05-06-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.1HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.1HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
70%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.03 pp
From 1.31% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundSleuthkit
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- sleuthkitAll versions (No fix recorded)
Sleuthkit1 product
- the_sleuth_kit≥ 4.0.2, ≤ 4.6.1
Ubuntu1 product
- sleuthkitAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
4 links- github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1264X Refsource MISCExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
