HIGH
liblouis: Stack-based buffer overflow in function compileHyphenation in compileTranslationTable.c
Published Jun 4, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.23%
Description
Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function compileHyphenation in compileTranslationTable.c.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
OR
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 17.10
- 18.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
liblouis-0:2.6.2-21.el8
Fixed · RHSA-2020:1708
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
liblouis
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | liblouis-0:2.6.2-21.el8 | Fixed | RHSA-2020:1708 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | liblouis | Will not fix | 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.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
7.8 HIGH Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.23% 0.02231
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02231
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.23% (0.02231) | 82.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.23% (0.02231) | 80.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 56.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.08% (0.02076) | 73.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| 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 |
Weaknesses (2)
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-2018-11685 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588636 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/593 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11685
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3672-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11685
| 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-2018-11685 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588636 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/593 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11685 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3672-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11685 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 4, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jun 3, 2018
Link CVE-2018-11685
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a