Out-of-Bounds Affecting liblouis package, versions <0:2.5.2-11.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBLOUIS-2092902
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Aug 2017

Introduced: 23 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13738  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 liblouis to version 0:2.5.2-11.el7_4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream liblouis package and not the liblouis package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an illegal address access in the _lou_getALine function in compileTranslationTable.c:346 in Liblouis 3.2.0.