CVE-2017-13740
published 2017-08-29CVE-2017-13740: 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…
PriorityP337high8.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.59%
72.8th percentile
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.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | liblouis | < liblouis 3.3.0-1 (bookworm) | liblouis 3.3.0-1 (bookworm) |
| liblouis | liblouis | — | — |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 3.3.0-1 | 3.3.0-1 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 3.3.0-1 | 3.3.0-1 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 3.3.0-1 | 3.3.0-1 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 3.3.0-1 | 3.3.0-1 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.1 | 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.1 |
| liblouis | liblouis | >= 0 < 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1 | 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv8.8HIGH
vendor_debian8.8LOW
vendor_redhat8.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu8.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-72qw-xhg7-3mhv: There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2017-13740 [HIGH] CWE-119 GHSA-72qw-xhg7-3mhv: There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3
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.
OSV
liblouis vulnerabilities
osv·2017-09-04·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2017-13738 [HIGH] liblouis vulnerabilities
liblouis vulnerabilities
It was discovered that an illegal address access can be made in
Liblouis. A remote attacker can take advantange of this to
access sensitive information. (CVE-2017-13738, CVE-2017-13744)
It was discovered a heap-based buffer overflow that causes bytes
out-of-bounds write in Liblouis. A remote attacker can use this to
denial of service or remote code execution. (CVE-2017-13739)
It was discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis. A remote
attacker can use this to denial of service or possibly unspecified other
impact. (CVE-2017-13740, CVE-2017-13742)
OSV
CVE-2017-13740: There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3
osv·2017-08-29·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2017-13740 [HIGH] CVE-2017-13740: There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3
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.
Ubuntu
Liblouis vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2017-09-04·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2017-13738 [HIGH] Liblouis vulnerabilities
Title: Liblouis vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Liblouis.
It was discovered that an illegal address access can be made in
Liblouis. A remote attacker can take advantange of this to
access sensitive information. (CVE-2017-13738, CVE-2017-13744)
It was discovered a heap-based buffer overflow that causes bytes
out-of-bounds write in Liblouis. A remote attacker can use this to
denial of service or remote code execution. (CVE-2017-13739)
It was discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis. A remote
attacker can use this to denial of service or possibly unspecified other
impact. (CVE-2017-13740, CVE-2017-13742)
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
liblouis: Stack-buffer overflow in the parseChars() function
vendor_redhat·2017-08-23·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2017-13740 [HIGH] CWE-121 liblouis: Stack-buffer overflow in the parseChars() function
liblouis: Stack-buffer overflow in the parseChars() function
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.
Debian
CVE-2017-13740: liblouis - There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the funct...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2017-13740 [HIGH] CVE-2017-13740: liblouis - There is a stack-based buffer overflow in Liblouis 3.2.0, triggered in the funct...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.3.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.3.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.3.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.3.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.3.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-13738 CVE-2017-13739 CVE-2017-13740 CVE-2017-13741 CVE-2017-13742 CVE-2017-13743 CVE-2017-13744 liblouis: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-09-06·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2017-13738 [HIGH] CVE-2017-13738 CVE-2017-13739 CVE-2017-13740 CVE-2017-13741 CVE-2017-13742 CVE-2017-13743 CVE-2017-13744 liblouis: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-13738 CVE-2017-13739 CVE-2017-13740 CVE-2017-13741 CVE-2017-13742 CVE-2017-13743 CVE-2017-13744 liblouis: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-13740 liblouis: Stack-buffer overflow in the parseChars() function
bugzilla·2017-09-06·CVSS 8.8
CVE-2017-13740 [HIGH] CVE-2017-13740 liblouis: Stack-buffer overflow in the parseChars() function
CVE-2017-13740 liblouis: Stack-buffer overflow in the parseChars() function
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.
Product bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484306
Discussion:
Created liblouis tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1488944]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Via RHSA-2017:3111 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111
2017-08-29
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