UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8184

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8184
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8184.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8184
Related
Published
2014-12-31T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:07Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in findTable() in liblouis. An attacker could create a malicious file that would cause applications that use liblouis (such as Orca) to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / liblouis

Package

Name
liblouis
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.3-2
2.5.3-2ubuntu1
2.5.3-2ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "liblouis2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "python-louis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "python3-louis"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / liblouis

Package

Name
liblouis
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.2-2
2.6.4-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "liblouis-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "liblouis9"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python-louis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-louis"
        }
    ]
}