CVE-2018-17294 (GCVE-0-2018-17294)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-21 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e408… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2018-09-21 00:00
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