Stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis - CVE-2018-11684
Published: June 12, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13265
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11684
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Liblouis
Affected software:
Liblouis
Liblouis
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer overflow in the includeFile function, as defined in the compileTranslationTable.c source code file, during table parsing operations. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious input, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-11684
Update to version 3.6.0.