CVE-2018-17294

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via out-of-bounds read) by crafting an input file with certain translation dictionaries.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-17294
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-09-21T07:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-04-18T16:09:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-125 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:liblouis:liblouis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.7.0
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/635 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/commit/5e4089659bb49b3095fa541fa6387b4c40d7396e Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3782-1/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105511 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17294
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17294
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:43:28 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 12:25:15 2018-09-21T07:29Z 2018-09-21T07:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 12:25:15 2019-04-18T16:09:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 12:25:15 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated