UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17294

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17294

    Published: 21 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-17294
    Aliases:
    USN-3782-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17294, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3782-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17294

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: liblouis

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3

    Affected versions

    3.0.0-3ubuntu1

    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
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