UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8184

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8184

    Published: 31 Dec 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8184
    Aliases:
    USN-3474-1

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in findTable() in liblouis. An attacker could create a malicious file that would cause applications that use liblouis (such as Orca) to crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when opened.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8184, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492701, https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/425, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3474-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8184

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: liblouis

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    2.5.3-2
    2.5.3-2ubuntu1
    2.5.3-2ubuntu1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High