Out-of-bounds Write Affecting liblouis-utils package, versions <0:2.5.2-11.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBLOUISUTILS-8002919
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed23 Aug 2017

Introduced: 23 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13744  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 liblouis-utils to version 0:2.5.2-11.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:3111.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream liblouis-utils package and not the liblouis-utils package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.