VDB
CVE-2018-17294
CVE-2018-17294
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 2.72% · 84.6th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
2.72%
84.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | liblouis | 3.0.0-3ubuntu1, 3.4.1-1, 3.5.0-1 |
Timeline
- Sep 21, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17294 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3782-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17294 third-party-advisory