The Sleuth Kit
Vendor:
First CVE: Sep 29, 2014 · Active for 11 years
18
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 93% of tracked products
2.6
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 75% of tracked products
7.3
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 45% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact The Sleuth Kit over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Sep 29, 2014
11 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Apr 8, 2026
108 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
The Sleuth Kit18 CVEs
33%
39%
22%
All CVEs352,427 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local7 (38.9%)
Network10 (55.6%)
Unknown1 (5.6%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low17 (94.4%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (5.6%)
User Interaction
None5 (27.8%)
Unknown1 (5.6%)
Required12 (66.7%)
Privileges Required
Low1 (5.6%)
High0 (0.0%)
None16 (88.9%)
Unknown1 (5.6%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (18 CVEs).
18 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2022-45639HIGH OS Command injection vulnerability in sleuthkit fls tool 4.11.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted value to the m parameter. NOTE: third parties have disp | Jan 24, 2023 | 7.8 | 38 | NO | YES |
CVE-2026-40026HIGH The Sleuth Kit through 4.14.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the ISO9660 filesystem parser where the parse_susp() function trusts len_id, len_des, and len_src fiel | Apr 8, 2026 | 7.1 | 31 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-14532CRITICAL An issue was discovered in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.6.6. There is an off-by-one overwrite due to an underflow on tools/hashtools/hfind.cpp while using a bogus hash table. | Aug 2, 2019 | 9.8 | 30 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-14531CRITICAL An issue was discovered in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.6.6. There is an out of bounds read on iso9660 while parsing System Use Sharing Protocol data in fs/iso9660.c. | Aug 2, 2019 | 9.8 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-40024HIGH The Sleuth Kit through 4.14.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in tsk_recover that allows an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations outside the intended recovery dir | Apr 8, 2026 | 7.1 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2020-10232CRITICAL 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. | Mar 9, 2020 | 9.8 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-11737HIGH An issue was discovered in libtskfs.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function ntfs_fix_idxre | Jun 5, 2018 | 8.1 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-11740HIGH An issue was discovered in libtskbase.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function tsk_UTF16toU | Jun 5, 2018 | 8.1 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-11739HIGH An issue was discovered in libtskimg.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function raw_read in t | Jun 5, 2018 | 8.1 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-11738HIGH An issue was discovered in libtskfs.a in The Sleuth Kit (TSK) from release 4.0.2 through to 4.6.1. An out-of-bounds read of a memory region was found in the function ntfs_make_data | Jun 5, 2018 | 8.1 | 24 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (18 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
1 CVE
5.6% of CVEs· 88th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (18 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (18 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For The Sleuth Kit
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6.6 | 2 | 9.8 | 1.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.4.2 | 3 | 5.5 | 0.7% | 0 | 0 |
| 4.11.1 | 1 | 7.8 | 4.7% | 0 | 1 |
| 4.0.1 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.4% | 0 | 0 |