vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-15101): liblouis vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 27, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 27, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A missing patch for a stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() was found in Red Hat version of liblouis before 2.5.4. An attacker could cause a denial of service condition or potentially even arbitrary code execution.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-liblouis
References
- CVE-2017-15101
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-15101
- CWE-119
- CWE-121
- EUVD-EUVD-2017-6568
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492701#c12
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1511023
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-6568
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15101
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