What is CVE-2017-13743?

CVE-2017-13743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liblouis, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-13743?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Liblouis

CVE-2017-13743

There is a buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function _lou_showString() in utils.c, that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (76.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Liblouis — versions 3.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13743?: CVE-2017-13743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liblouis, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-13743?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.