ISOMAN

CVE

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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html
  2. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511
  3. https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e
  4. https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635
  5. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/
  6. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html
  7. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511
  8. https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e
  9. https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635
  10. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/