High severity · published Aug 29, 2017
CVE-2017-13740
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…
8.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Liblouis · Liblouis
3.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13740
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13740
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100607
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484306
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