liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c
Published Jun 4, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.21%
Description
Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.10
- 18.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
liblouis
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
liblouis
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | liblouis | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | liblouis | Affected | n/a |
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:R/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:M/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 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.21% (0.02211) | 81.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.21% (0.02211) | 80.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 73.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 72.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 26, 2023 | 0.39% (0.00394) | 70.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 69.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00531) | 73.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 68.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 23.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 57.50th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11683 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588624 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/591 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11683
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3672-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11683
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11683 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588624 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/591 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11683 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3672-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11683 |
Change history (0)
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