UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13740

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13740

    Published: 29 Aug 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-13740
    Aliases:
    USN-3408-1

    Summary:

    Details: There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the function parseChars() in compileTranslationTable.c, that will lead to denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13740, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484306, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3408-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13740

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: liblouis

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2.6.2-2
    2.6.4-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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