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.
Published: 2018-09-21
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-9050 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3782-1 Liblouis vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00527}

epss

{'score': 0.0053}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Liblouis Liblouis
Opensuse Leap
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:47:04.363Z

Reserved: 2018-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-17294

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-21T07:29:00.617

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:54:11.543

Link: CVE-2018-17294

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-09-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-17294 - Bugzilla

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