CVE-2018-17294
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17294
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-17294.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-17294
- Related
- Published
- 2018-09-21T07:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-01-15T01:33:19.968692Z
- Severity
-
- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17294
Affected packages
Debian:11 / liblouis
Package
- Name
- liblouis
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/liblouis?arch=source
Debian:12 / liblouis
Package
- Name
- liblouis
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/liblouis?arch=source
Debian:13 / liblouis
Package
- Name
- liblouis
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/liblouis?arch=source