CVE-2026-120453

Description

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.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): VulnCheck
CVSS severity: MEDIUM
CVSS score: 4.8 / 10
CVSS vector: 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
Effective score: 4.8 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-125
Reserved: 2026-11-02
Published: 2026-11-02 14:29 UTC
Last updated: 2026-11-02 15:44 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/120xxx/CVE-2026-120453.json

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EUVD ID: EUVD-2026-115213

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Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
The Sleuth Kit	The Sleuth Kit	`0` (affected)	—

Vendor references (5)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/issues/3583 issue-tracking
https://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/blob/sleuthkit-4.15.0/tsk/fs/hfs.c#L4249-L4318 technical-description
The Sleuth Kit sleuthkit-4.15.0 Release Notes release-notes
https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/sleuthkit-hfs-decmpfs-attr-oob-read technical-description
VulnCheck Advisory: The Sleuth Kit through 4.15.0 Heap Out-of-Bounds Read via HFS+ decmpfs Header third-party-advisory

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The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-120453.json.

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