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CVE-2018-17294

The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing att…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.7%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known

The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via out-of-bounds read) by crafting an input file with certain translation dictionaries.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • github.com /liblouis/liblouis/issues/635 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3782-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/105511 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • github.com /liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred

Sources

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