What is CVE-2017-13738?

CVE-2017-13738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liblouis, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-13738?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Liblouis

CVE-2017-13738

There is an illegal address access in the _lou_getALine function in compileTranslationTable.c:346 in Liblouis 3.2.0.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-08-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Liblouis — versions 3.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100607 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13738?: CVE-2017-13738 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liblouis, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-13738?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.