Vulnerability · Published Mar 8, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-10233
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the sleuthkit package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.7% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.7%top 14.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In version 4.8.0 and earlier of The Sleuth Kit (TSK), there is a heap-based buffer over-read in ntfs_dinode_lookup in fs/ntfs.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | sleuthkit | 4.8.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | sleuthkit | 4.8.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | sleuthkit | 4.8.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | sleuthkit | 4.8.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | sleuthkit | 4.8.0-r1 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Debian:12 | sleuthkit | 4.9.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Debian:13 | sleuthkit | 4.9.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Debian:14 | sleuthkit | 4.9.0+dfsg-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | sleuthkit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | sleuthkit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | sleuthkit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | sleuthkit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10233 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | sleuthkit | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10233 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/1829 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-94c2f78e0c vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-6e3e0c6386 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-1dd340ab85 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA