TrueCrypt Foundation maintains an encryption and disk-protection utility that, despite a narrow product scope, has achieved significant deployment among users prioritizing data confidentiality. The sparse vulnerability record reflects weakness classes centered on information disclosure and cryptographic implementation concerns inherent to full-disk encryption tools. Current severity, exploitation status, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Truecrypt Foundation over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
8 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2015-7358HIGH The IsDriveLetterAvailable method in Driver/Ntdriver.c in TrueCrypt 7.0, VeraCrypt before 1.15, and CipherShed, when running on Windows, does not properly validate drive letter sym | Oct 3, 2017 | 7.8 | 30 | NO | YES |
CVE-2007-1738MEDIUM TrueCrypt 4.3, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem unavailability) or gain privileges by mounting a crafted TrueCrypt volume, as | Mar 28, 2007 | 6.9 | 26 | NO | YES |
CVE-2015-7359HIGH The (1) IsVolumeAccessibleByCurrentUser and (2) MountDevice methods in Ntdriver.c in TrueCrypt 7.0, VeraCrypt before 1.15, and CipherShed, when running on Windows, do not check the | Oct 3, 2017 | 7.8 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2006-2183HIGH Untrusted search path vulnerability in Truecrypt 4.1, when running suid root on Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands and gain privileges via a modified PATH envi | May 4, 2006 | 7.2 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2014-2885HIGH Multiple integer overflows in TrueCrypt 7.1a allow local users to (1) obtain sensitive information via vectors involving a crafted item->OriginalLength value in the MainThreadProc | Mar 19, 2018 | 7.1 | 18 | NO | NO |
The ProcessVolumeDeviceControlIrp function in Ntdriver.c in TrueCrypt 7.1a allows local users to bypass access restrictions and obtain sensitive information about arbitrary files v | Mar 19, 2018 | 3.3 | 16 | NO | NO |
TrueCrypt 5.0 stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer before and after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive | Sep 3, 2008 | 2.1 | 11 | NO | NO |
TrueCrypt before 4.3, when set-euid mode is used on Linux, allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem unavailability) by dismounting a volume mounted by a differen | Mar 21, 2007 | 2.1 | 11 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Truecrypt Foundation.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Truecrypt Foundation — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.