Out-of-bounds Write Affecting liblouis package, versions <0:2.6.2-21.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.2% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-LIBLOUIS-2555522
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Jun 2018

Introduced: 4 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-11684  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 liblouis to version 0:2.6.2-21.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-1708.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream liblouis package and not the liblouis package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Liblouis 3.5.0 has a stack-based Buffer Overflow in the function includeFile in compileTranslationTable.c.