Buffer overflow in Liblouis
CVE-2018-11683
Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function parseChars in compileTranslationTable.c, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-11440.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.022 (80.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Liblouis — versions 3.5.0
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-11683?
- CVE-2018-11683 is a high-severity vulnerability in Liblouis, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-06-04.
- How severe is CVE-2018-11683?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.