CVE-2018-17294

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

EPSS

3%p85

Published

Sep 21, 2018 (Sep 21, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The matchCurrentInput function inside lou_translateString.c of Liblouis prior to 3.7 does not check the input string's length, allowing attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash via out-of-bounds read) by crafting an input file with certain translation dictionaries.

Vendors: liblouis canonical opensuse
Products: liblouis, ubuntu linux, leap
Weakness: CWE-125
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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