Buffer overflow in Liblouis - CVE-2017-13740

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Buffer overflow in Liblouis - CVE-2017-13740

Published: August 29, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38402
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13740
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Liblouis
Affected software:
Liblouis

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c, that will lead to denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-13740

Install update from vendor's website.

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