liblouis: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8184
Published Jul 27, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.52%
Description
A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2.5.4. An attacker could cause a denial of service condition or potentially even arbitrary code execution.
Affected products
-
- Version 2.5.4StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Configuration 2
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.4
- 7.4
- 7.5
- 7.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
liblouis-0:2.5.2-12.el7_4
Fixed · RHSA-2017:3384
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | liblouis-0:2.5.2-12.el7_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:3384 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.52% (0.01517) | 73.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.52% (0.01517) | 71.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 56.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00342) | 72.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00343) | 70.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 18, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00343) | 68.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00330) | 66.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.44% (0.01440) | 73.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.44% (0.01440) | 50.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.36% (0.01362) | 31.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.36% (0.01362) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3384 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15101 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1511023 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15101 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15101
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15101
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3384 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15101 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1511023 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-15101 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15101 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15101 |
Change history (0)
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