TrueCrypt 4.3, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem unavailability) or gain privileges…

Description

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 demonstrated using (1) /usr/bin or (2) another user's home directory, a different issue than CVE-2007-1589.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 2492 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• truecrypt-setuid-dos(33303) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20070404 Re: Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in TrueCrypt 4.3 Linux (re. bid 23180) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20070328 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in TrueCrypt 4.3 Linux (re. bid 23180) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20070401 Re: Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in TrueCrypt 4.3 Linux (re. bid 23180) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 23180 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 24643 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-1738](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-1738.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-1738)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 13:06 UTC.