VDB
CVE-2018-17294
CVE-2018-17294
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM
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% · 85.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
2.72%
85.9th 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 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17294 advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3782-1 advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17294 third-party-advisory