CVE-2017-13740

Published: Aug 29, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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 (1)

Products: Liblouis: Liblouis

Liblouis

1 product

Liblouis

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Liblouis Liblouis	Version 3.2.0

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100607

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484306

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100607

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3111

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484306

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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