Liblouis CVE-2014-8184 Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	101289
Class:	Boundary Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-8184
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 09 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 17 2017 07:03PM
Credit:	Raphael Sanchez Prudencio (Red Hat)
Vulnerable:	Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Liblouis Liblouis 0
Not Vulnerable:

Liblouis CVE-2014-8184 Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Liblouis is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the vulnerable application. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

Liblouis CVE-2014-8184 Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Liblouis CVE-2014-8184 Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Liblouis CVE-2014-8184 Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

References:

• Liblouis Homepage (Liblouis)
  
• stack-based buffer overflow findTable() (CVE-2014-8184) #425 (Liblouis)
  
• Bug 1492701 CVE-2014-8184 liblouis: stack-based buffer overflow in findTable() (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2014-8184 (Redhat)