01 Record

CVE-2020-10232

In version 4.8.0 and earlier of The Sleuth Kit (TSK), there is a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the YAFFS file timestamp parsing logic in yaffsfs_istat() in fs/yaffs.c.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

In version 4.8.0 and earlier of The Sleuth Kit (TSK), there is a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the YAFFS file timestamp parsing logic in yaffsfs_istat() in fs/yaffs.c.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 84.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2020-03-08 23:52Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 10:58Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-03-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

19f2f6079c568df01b4ba3d7d80ffff26e16011e651f2e35d9590c6941c68522

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

sleuthkitthe_sleuth_kitNot specified—

06 References

github.comhttps://github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/commit/459ae818fc8dae717549810150de4d191ce158f1x_refsource_MISC
lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200311 [SECURITY] [DLA 2137-1] sleuthkit security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00011.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-94c2f78e0chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EY53OYU7UZLAJWNIVVNR3EX2RNCCFTB/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-6e3e0c6386https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AQR2QY3IAF2IG6HGBSKGL66VUDOTC3OA/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-1dd340ab85https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FFQKIE5U3LS5U7POPGS7YHLUSW2URWGJ/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220620 [SECURITY] [DLA 3054-1] sleuthkit security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00015.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

sleuthkit
Fixed in 4.9.0+dfsg-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

sleuthkit
Fixed in 4.9.0+dfsg-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

sleuthkit
Fixed in 4.9.0+dfsg-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.