CVE-2026-120453mediumCWE-125

CVE-2026-120453: medium-severity vulnerability in The Sleuth Kit

The Sleuth Kit through 4.15.0 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via HFS+ decmpfs Header

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ssvc Trackcvss 4.8epss 0.2%
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
The Sleuth Kit · The Sleuth Kit
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