CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-13756

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Aug 29, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers infinite recursion in dos_load_ext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
The_sleuth_kitSleuthkit4.4.2 (including)4.4.2 (including)
SleuthkitUbuntuartful*
SleuthkitUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
SleuthkitUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
SleuthkitUbuntutrusty*
SleuthkitUbuntutrusty/esm*
SleuthkitUbuntuupstream*
SleuthkitUbuntuxenial*
SleuthkitUbuntuzesty*

References