CVE-2014-8184 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Liblouis

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer OverflowCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Liblouis
Timeline
PublishedAug 2
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDliblouis/liblouis2.5.0 — 2.5.4
▶Debianliblouis/liblouis< 2.6.2-1+3
▶CVEListV5liblouis/liblouis2.5.x before 2.5.4

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4v7c-4xff-r4v7: A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2014-8184: A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2↗2019-08-02
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CVEList
CVE-2014-8184: A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2↗2019-08-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Liblouis vulnerability↗2017-11-06
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Red Hat
liblouis: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8184↗2017-11-02
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Red Hat
liblouis: stack-based buffer overflow in findTable()↗2017-10-09
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Debian
CVE-2014-8184: liblouis - A vulnerability was found in liblouis, versions 2.5.x before 2.5.4. A stack-base...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15101 liblouis: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8184↗2017-11-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8184 liblouis: stack-based buffer overflow in findTable()↗2017-09-18
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