MEDIUM
liblouis: Stack-based buffer over-read in matchCurrentInput function lou_translateString.c
Published Sep 21, 2018
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.72%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
OR
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
liblouis
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
liblouis
Fix deferred
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | liblouis | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | liblouis | Fix deferred | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (2)
References (9)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17294 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632834 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17294
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17294
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17294 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632834 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635 | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17294 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17294 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 21, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Sep 21, 2018
Link CVE-2018-17294
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a