CVE-2018-17294

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-09-21

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Liblouis (Liblouis)
• Leap (Opensuse)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511
• https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e
• https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/