CVE-2017-13740

HIGH

liblouis 3.2.0 - Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in parseChars Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484306
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100607

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0159
EPSS Percentile 72.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
liblouis/liblouis 3.2.0
Published Aug 29, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026