CVE-2017-13740

Summary

CVECVE-2017-13740
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-29 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-02 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThere 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Liblouis Liblouis 3.2.0 All All All
Application Liblouis Liblouis 3.2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
1484306 – There is a Stack-buffer-overflow in liblouis which is triggered in function parseChars(). MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Liblouis Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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