Out-of-bounds Read in Liblouis

CVE-2017-13744

There is an illegal address access in the function _lou_getALine() in compileTranslationTable.c:343 in Liblouis 3.2.0.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (68.8th 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-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-13744?: CVE-2017-13744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liblouis, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-08-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-13744?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.