CVE-2007-4197 (GCVE-0-2007-4197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-08 01:11 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:46
VLAI
Summary
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 omits NULL pointer checks in certain code paths, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2230 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2007-08-02 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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