medium6.5
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 de…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Liblouis | Liblouis | before 3.7.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Version 15.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e
- https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/