{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13756","details":"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.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:44:25Z","published":"2017-08-29T22:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-13756"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13756"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/914"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13756"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sleuthkit","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sleuthkit@3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.2.3-2ubuntu1","3.2.3-2ubuntu2","3.2.3-2.1","3.2.3-2.2","3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libtsk-dev","binary_version":"3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libtsk3-3","binary_version":"3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"sleuthkit","binary_version":"3.2.3-2.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13756.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sleuthkit","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/sleuthkit@4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.1.3-11ubuntu2","4.1.3-12ubuntu1","4.2.0-3","4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libtsk-dev","binary_version":"4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libtsk13","binary_version":"4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"sleuthkit","binary_version":"4.2.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13756.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"negligible"}]}