FKIE_CVE-2007-4037
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-07-27 22:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:43
Severity
Summary
Guidance Software EnCase allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a buffer over-read and application crash via a malformed NTFS filesystem containing a modified FILE record with a certain large offset. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue, asserting that relevant attackers typically do not corrupt a filesystem, and indicating that the relevant read operation can be disabled
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| guidance_software | encase | * |
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"id": "CVE-2007-4037",
"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:43:17.107",
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