CVE-2007-4195 Use after free in n/a
A use-after-free flaw in The Sleuth Kit allows attackers to crash the application and block file examination by providing a malformed ext2fs image.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-4195?
CVE-2007-4195 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Aug 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Use-after-free vulnerability in ext2fs.c in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and prevent examination of certain ext2fs files via a malformed ext2fs image.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4195?
It affects 1 product.
Products include The Sleuth Kit the Sleuth Kit.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4195?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2007-4195 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4195 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4195, GHSA-5wgc-m4gw-p8m3.