Input validation error in Liblouis - #VU83965
Published: December 7, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83965
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the code for the swap opcodes. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Liblouis
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Liblouis - update to 3.28.0