| Name | CVE-2026-120453 |
| Description | The Sleuth Kit through 4.15.0 contains a heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability in hfs_load_extended_attrs() in tsk/fs/hfs.c that reads the decmpfs header without checking attribute length. Attackers can supply a crafted HFS+ image with a com.apple.decmpfs attr_size of 1 to 15 to read past the allocation and crash analysis tools like istat or icat. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| sleuthkit (PTS) | bookworm | 4.11.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 4.12.1+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
| sid, forky | 4.15.0+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| sleuthkit | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/3583
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact