Out-of-bounds Read Affecting liblouis package, versions <3.3.0-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBLOUIS-1550125
  • published29 Aug 2017
  • disclosed29 Aug 2017

Introduced: 29 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13744  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 liblouis to version 3.3.0-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an illegal address access in the function _lou_getALine() in compileTranslationTable.c:343 in Liblouis 3.2.0.